Education Management - St. Joseph, Missouri, United States
The National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Nigeria domiciled in Ondo town in Ondo State , was established in 1992 by the Federal Ministry of Education, in collaboration with UNESCO/IIEP Paris, as a sub-regional staff college for West Africa. It seek to realize its mission through capacity building, continuous training , consulting, action research in educational planning, information dissemination and providing resource centre services. The Institute operates a relatively small bureaucracy with large repertoire of highly experienced external consultants from UNESCO-IIEP Paris, France, Nigerian Universities and Private Sector. It is the only capacity building outfit for education sector planners and managers in Nigeria and the sub-region and the only Federal parastatal of federal Ministry of Education in the south West of Nigeria. Mission "To develop a critical mass of education sector planners and managers for the effective and efficient planning and management of the education system through capacity building, continuous training, action research and information dissemination." Vision The vision is to empower the education sector workers with appropriate skills and techniques for effective and efficient operation Philosophy The Institute's philosophy is to transmit the most essential knowledge and practical know-how required to build capacity for educational planning, management, monitoring and evaluation in Nigeria educational system. This philosophy is based on the need to produce seasoned, articulate, well-grounded, technically skilled education managers, planners and school administrators who are to ensure quality, relevance and efficiency in all the tiers of the educational system.