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 government services. Each ministry is headed by a Permanent Secretary who reports to a Minister in the Cabinet of Nigeria, Federal Cabinet. ...

. It regulates secondary and tertiary education in

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

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History

President

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appointed Tunji Alausa as minister of education on 23 October 2024.

Mission

According to the ministry, its 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

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and syllabuses at the national level in conjunction with other bodies.

Parastatals include

* National Universities Commission
NUC
,

. * National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies
NBAIS
, Kaduna. * National Board for Technical Education
NBTE
), Kaduna. * National Commission for Colleges of Education
NCCE
,

. * Universal Basic Education Commission
UBEC
,

. *National Commission for Nomadic Education
NCNE
,

. * National Commission for Adult Education Mass Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NMEC),

. * Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council
NERDC
, Sheda, FCT. * Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
JAMB
, Bwari,

. * West African Examination Council
WAEC
,

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

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NABTEB
, Benin-city, Edo. * National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration
NIEPA
), Ondo. * National Teachers Institute
NTI
), Kaduna. * Nigerian Mathematical Centre
NMC
, Sheda, FCT. * Nigerian French Language Village
NFV

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. * Nigerian Arabic Language Village (NALV) Ngala, Borno. * National Institute for Nigerian Languages
NINLAN
Aba, Abia. * Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET FUND),

. * National Library of Nigeria
NLN
,

. * Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria
TRCN
,

. * Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria
CPN
,

. * Federal Scholarship Board,

. * Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria
LRCN
), Abuja

Federal Ministers of Education

References

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External links

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