The Federal Ministry of Education is a part of the

Federal Ministries of Nigeria The Federal Ministries of Nigeria are civil service departments that are responsible for delivering various types of government service. Each ministry is headed by a Permanent Secretary who reports to a Minister in the Federal Cabinet. Some gov ...

that directs education in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It is located at Block 5A (8th Floor), Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area, P.M.B. 146, Garki, Abuja.

History

President

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician and current president of Nigeria since 2015. Buhari is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the country's military head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 A ...

appointed Adamu Adamu, a well-known journalist as the minister for education in November 2015.

Mission

"Our mission is to use education as a tool for fostering the development of all Nigerian citizens to their full potentials, in the promotion of a strong, democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation under God.”

Organisation

Its functions include: * Formulating a national policy on education. * Collecting and collating data for purposes of educational planning and financing. * Maintaining uniform standards of education throughout the country. * Controlling the quality of education in the country through the supervisory role of the Inspectorate Services Department within the Ministry. * Harmonizing educational policies and procedures of all the states of the federation through the instrumentality of the National Council on Education. * Effecting co-operation in educational matters on an international scale. * Developing curricula and syllabuses at the national level in conjunction with other bodies.

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include: *

National Universities Commission The National Universities Commission (NUC) is a government commission for promoting quality higher education in Nigeria. Situated in Abuja, it was established in 1962 as an advisory agency in the cabinet office. In 1974, it became a statutory b ...

NUC
, Abuja. * National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies
NBAIS
,

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. *

National Board for Technical Education The National Board for Technical Education, otherwise known as NBTE, is a board of education which supervises, regulates and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic and monotechnic levels thr ...

NBTE
,

. * National Commission for Colleges of Education
NCCE
, Abuja. * Universal Basic Education Commission
UBEC
, Abuja. * National Commission for Nomadic Education
NCNE
, Abuja. * National Commission for Adult Education Mass Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Abuja. *

Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria charged with the responsibility of implementing educational policies in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, N� ...

NERDC
, Sheda, FCT. * Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
JAMB
, Bwari, Abuja. *

West African Examination Council The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is an examination board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in the English-speaking West African countries, to conduct the examinations and to award certif ...

WAEC
,

Lagos Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 fo ...

. * National Examination Council (NECO), Minna, State. *

National Business and Technical Examinations Board The National Business and Technical Examinations Board popularly known as NABTEB, is a Nigerian examination board that is conducting examinations for technical and business innovation colleges in Nigeria. The National Business and Technical E ...

NABTEB
, Benin-city, Edo. *

National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

NIEPA
, Ondo. *

National Teachers Institute The National Teachers' Institute (NTI) is a single-mode distance learning institution focused on teacher education. The institute has satellite campuses in all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria. History The National Teachers' Institute w ...

NTI
),

. * Nigerian Mathematical Centre
NMC
, Sheda, FCT. * Nigerian French Language Village
NFV

Badagry Badagry (traditionally Gbagli) also spelled Badagri, is a coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is quite close to the city of Lagos, and located on the north bank of Porto Novo Creek, an inland waterway that con ...

. * Nigerian Arabic Language Village (NALV) Ngala, Borno. * National Institute for Nigerian Languages
NINLAN
Aba,

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. * Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET FUND), Abuja. * National Library of Nigeria
NLN
, Abuja. * Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria
TRCN
, Abuja. *

Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These program ...

CPN
,

. * Federal Scholarship Board, Abuja. * Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria
LRCN
, Abuja

References

External links

Federal Ministry of Education
Education in Nigeria Education ministries Federal Ministries of Nigeria Nigeria, Education {{education-stub

History

Mission

Organisation

See also

References

External links