NCCE Department

Department Office of The Executive Secretary

Office of The Executive Secretary

Description

The Executive Secretary’s Office is the highest administrative structure of the Commission. The Office is saddled with the responsibility of interpreting and executing policies on Teacher Education at the sub-degree level in Nigeria. It is also responsible for the overall administration of the Commission and supervises all NCE awarding institutions in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary is the Chairman of the Commission’s Management Committee and serves as Member/Secretary to the Governing Board. He also represents the Commission on the Governing Boards of various educational agencies, such as the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), the Nigeria Loan Fund (NELFUND), the Teachers Registration Council (TRCN), the Universal Basic Education (UBEC), and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Departments, Divisions, and Units in the Commission are directly or indirectly responsible to the Executive Secretary for the day-to-day smooth running of the Commission.
Director's Information

Divison - General Administration

Function(s)

  1. Providing daily office and personnel supervision and administrative support to the Executive Secretary;
  2. Preparing of memoranda, letters, briefs, reports and speeches for Executive Secretary;
  3. Representing the Executive Secretary’s office on the Commission adhoc and standing Committees;
  4. Collation reports from officers who represent the Commission on Colleges Governing Councils;
  5. Responsible for appraisal of Commission’s department’s performance on monthly basis;

Divison - Internal Audit Division - This is a continuous, independent management control and appraisal Division with the following broad functions,

Function(s)

  1. Preparation of Audit work plan.
  2. Preparation of Audit Programme.
  3. Audit monitoring of Federal Colleges of Education.
  4. Coordination the activities of Committee of Heads of Internal Audit Directorates in Nigeria Colleges of Education.
  5. Carrying out Value for Money Audit.
  6. Carry out budget performance Audit.
  7. Carrying out financial Audit.
  8. Carrying out regulatory Audit.
  9. Monitoring compliance with Procurement Act.
  10. Monitoring compliance with management decisions.
  11. Monitoring compliance with Board decisions.
  12. Monitoring of Departmental activities for effective service delivery.
  13. Setting of standards and guidelines for the operations of Internal Audit Directorates of FCEs.
  14. Auditing of statutory accounting records and books.
  15. Carrying out Prepayment Audit.
  16. Carrying out Post-Payment Audit.
  17. Preparation of Internal Audit Reports.
  18. Carrying out pre and post Audit reports discussions.
  19. Maintenance of Internal Audit statutory records.

Divison - General Function

Function(s)

  1. Advise the Federal Government through the Honourable Minister of Education and co-ordinate all aspects of teacher education falling outside the universities and polytechnics;
  2. Make recommendations on the national policy necessary for the full development of teacher education and the training of teachers;
  3. Provide leadership in laying down Minimum Standards for all programmes of teacher education and accredit their certificates and other academics award after obtaining thereof prior approval of the Honourable Minister of Education;
  4. Provide guidelines and setting out criteria for accreditation of all NCE awarding institutions in Nigeria;
  5. Provide guidelines for the setting up of new Colleges of Education and carrying out resource inspection visits to proposed Colleges of Education;
  6. Determine, after consultation with the National Manpower Board and other bodies it consider appropriate, the qualified teachers need of the country for the co-ordinated development of Colleges of Education and such plan shall includes:
    1. The general programme to be pursued by Colleges of Education in order to maximize the use of available facilities and avoid unnecessary duplication While ensuring that they are adequate to the manpower needs of the country;
    2. Make necessary recommendation to the Honourable Minister of Education for the establishment and location of new Colleges of Education as and when considered necessary;
    3. Make recommendation to the Honourable Minister of Education for up-grading of any College of Education or de-recognition of any College of Education as a degree awarding institution;
  7. Inquire into and advise the Federal Government on the financial needs, both recurrent and capital, of Colleges of Education to enable them met the objectives of producing the trained qualified teachers of the country;