The Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) As a Think Tank of the Nigerian Education System, we are continually providing the nation with Building Blocks for Strategic Educational Planning & Development; Education Quality Assurance; Policy Formulation and Implementation.
Our Vision: Building and Sustaining a Culture of Strategic Educational Research and Development that will inform the Formulation and Effective Implementation of Policies in Education as well as in other related Sectors of the Economy.
Mission: Creating the Enabling Environment in which Educational Research and Development Activities will thrive and in the process not only Encourage Collaboration with International Development Partners but also Foster Public-Private Partnerships in our Bid to Render Educational Research and Development Efforts Sustainable and Needs Driven.
Core Objective:
To become a Regional Centre of Excellence in Educational Research and Development in Africa by 2010 and expand to an International Status by 2015.
HUMAN RESOURCE:
The Council operates a team of over 500 personnel. Among them are academic staff who are essentially teacher educators and researchers; graduating from outstanding indigenous and foreign universities.
SCOPE OF SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Curriculum development & implementation (basic and secondary education)
- Book development, quality assurance & readership
- Language development and extension services
- Educational research for public policy
- Library and information management
- Special needs education programme
- Other mandated programmes/projects
For more info visit www.nerdc.org.ng
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