Physical Planning and Development is one of the 5 start-up departments in the commission and presently one of the Departments of the Commission. The department was established to assist the Executive Secretary on all matters relating to Physical Planning and developments of the commission and colleges of Education nationwide. It is the mandate of the department to ensure that physical developments and maintenance of same in those colleges and NCCE are carried out in a most coordinated and cost-effective manner. This, PPD carries out by advising on workable campus master plan for colleges, advice on budgets, vetting of project drawings and bills of quantities and monitoring of projects implementation to ensure compliance with set standards of designs, costing and physical implementation on sites.