Education agencies in Nigeria

Educational agencies in Nigeria
and their functions
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Let us talk about the current educational
agencies in Nigeria and their functions.
What are they? What do they do? Find out
in this article.
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Every country understands how
important education is, as it plays a
significant role in the development and
influences future generations. In hopes
to improve education, the government
creates departments and agencies that
manage the technical, resource
distribution, quality control and research
aspects of culture. Today, we will talk
about them in more detail.
Agencies of education
What are the agencies of schooling?
These are departments that are created
by the government to make local training
and courses more efficient. Such agencies
are essential in Nigeria because they
have to ensure the smooth running of
the whole educational system,
coordination, and management.
How many agencies of educations are
there in Nigeria these days? The answer
is that there are 7:
1. National Universities Commission
(NUC)
2. Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB)
3. National Teachers Institute (NTI)
4. West African Examinations Council
(WAEC)
5. National Examination Council (NEC)
6. National Business and Technical
Examinations Board (NATEB)
7. Teachers Registration Council of
Nigeria (TRCN)
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Functions of educational agencies in Nigeria
While the typical tasks of every agency of
education are to implement
administrative tasks and goals and tasks
which focus on providing training for the
masses, each agency performs many
functions.
Functions of the National Universities Commission
Understanding the importance of studies,
NUC was created after Nigeria's
independence from British rule in 1962.
According to the official NUC website, its
main tasks are:
To approve every academic
programme in universities and college
To approve the establishment colleges
and universities and their educational
plans
To make sure that each academic
curriculum a Nigerian student takes is
of high quality
To offer support to all higher
education institutions in our country
Functions of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board
Every Nigerian who thinks about
enrolling at a college or university must
have heard about JAMB. This
organization was established in 1978.
These are the main functions of Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board
based on its website :
Conducting UTME (Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Exams)
Ensuring that every candidate who
wishes to study at a tertiary institution
meets all the requirements to take
UTME
Fixing the dates, duration, and test-
type of UTME examinations
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Functions of National Teachers Institute
The functions of this educational agency
in Nigeria are as follows, based on the
NTI website :
Training teachers
Helping teachers get new certifications
Offering distance education
Offering postgraduate educational
opportunities and exams to graduate-
level teachers
Conducting examinations for teachers
Creating new educational programs
and researching ways to improve
education in Nigeria
Functions of West African Examinations Council
It is an essential educational agency for
the whole of West Africa, the primary
functions of WAEC are:
To organize the significant O' Level
examination for West Africa.
Deciding which exams are needed for
school students from different
countries in West Africa
Issuing of O'level certificates to
successful students in West Africa.
Ensuring that educational standards
are met during exams.
Promoting education and helping
students understand how big their
potential goes beyond the exams
Functions of National Examinations Council
It is another famous agency that is
abbreviated as NECO. According to the
NECO website, the main tasks of the
National Examinations Council are:
Conduct Basic Education Certificate
Exams, shortly called BECE
Organize National Common Entrance
Exams abbreviated as NCEE
Oversee Senior School Certificate
Exams known as SSCE
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Functions of National Business and Technical
Examinations Board
This educational agency was created in
1992, according to its official portal. It
was created by the government to make
sure that all the different craft exams are
performed according to the country’s
policy of education.
NABTEB main performs are:
Conducting exams to award NTC
(National Technical Certificate), ANTC
(Advanced National Technical
Certificate), MTC (Modular Trade
Certificate), NBC (National Business
Certificate) and ANBC (Advanced
National Business Certificate) to
Nigerians
Conducting if particular exams on
behalf of other Nigerian agencies
Performing entrance exams for
students who wish to study in
technical institutions and colleges
Issuing results of the examinations
Collecting and monitoring technical
institution assessment
Sharing valuable information
(research results, statistics, etc.)
Functions of the Teachers Registration Council of
Nigeria
Created back in 1993, this is a relatively
new agency if compared to many others.
Shortly called TRCN, this organization is
supervised by the Federal Ministry of
Education. Based on its official website ,
its main task is providing full control
over the profession of the teacher.
Major functions of TRCN:
To determine who is considered a
teacher in Nigeria
To create teaching standards in
Nigeria
To regulate the primary skills and
knowledge each teacher has to
possess
To register Nigerian teachers
As you can see, the functions of
educational agencies in Nigeria are vital
for the development of our country and
its primary source of creativity,
innovations, and knowledge.