text: Effecting co-operation in educational matters on an international scale.
  Developing curricula and syllabuses at the national level in conjunction with other bodies.
  Parastatals include:
  National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja.
  National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies
  (NBAIS),
  Kaduna.
  National Board for Technical Education (NBTE ), Kaduna.
  National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Abuja.
  Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abuja.
  National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE), Abuja.
  National Commission for Adult Education Mass Literacy and Non-Formal Education (NMEC), Abuja.
  Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Sheda, FCT.
  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Bwari, Abuja.
  West African Examination Council (WAEC), Lagos.
  National Examination Council (NECO), Minna, State.
  National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Benin-city, Edo.
  National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA ), Ondo.
  National Teachers Institute (NTI ), Kaduna.
  Nigerian Mathematical Centre (NMC), Sheda, FCT.
  Nigerian French Language Village (NFV)Badagry, Lagos.
  Nigerian Arabic Language Village (NALV) Ngala, Borno.
  National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN) Aba, Abia.
  Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET FUND), Abuja.
  National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Abuja.
  Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Abuja.
  Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Lagos.
  Federal Scholarship Board, Abuja.
  Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN ), Abuja