Things to know about Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
7th March 2019
The Federal Ministry of Education is the organ of Government with the overall responsibility of laying down National Policies and guidelines for uniform standards, collect and collate data for the purpose of planning, financing and ensuring quality control at all levels of Education in Nigeria as enshrined in various statutory instruments, including the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the National Policy on Education amongst others.
The mandate is derived from the National Minimum Standards Act No 16 of 1985 as amended by act No 9. of 1993 and in the 1999 Constitution, Chapter 2 Section 18.
Become an economy model, delivering sound Education for public good.
To use Education as a tool forsteering development of all Nigerian citizens to their full potential in thepromotion of a strong democratic, egalitarian, prosperous, indivisible andin-dissolvable sovereign nation under God.
The Federal Ministry of Education providesthe following Services:
The Federal Ministry of Education in the bid to decentralise its services so as to bring them closer to our customers has various Departments, Units and parastatals where effective service delivery can be accessed. Read about the Departments and Units here and the parastatals here.