The Centre is charged with the responsibility to, among other things, plan and implement curriculum; measure and evaluate students and other applicants for placement into FCT schools, conduct students’ examinations and certification; teacher professional development and mentoring; monitor and supervise school counselors, guide and counsel students and the general public; develop and provide library services to schools and the public. It also collects, collates and disseminates research critical information on education matters; develops and provides instructional materials for schools and the public; trains and re-trains primary and secondary school teachers; provide science and language laboratory services; computers/internet services; and conference halls for schools, out-of-school learners and the general public.
The Centre reaches out to the general public, especially parents, guardians, researchers and independent learners, through book fairs, counseling clinic, the ERC and district libraries, model laboratories, workshops, computer/internet centre, facilities for conferences and seminars. Other academic programmes are quiz and debate competitions, French, English and Nigerian language lessons for all categories of young and adult learners at the Foreign Language Centre which is equipped with Language laboratory.
The ERC also collaborate with relevant professional and educational bodies as well as associations such as West African Examination Council (WAEC),National Examination Council( NECO),Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFUND), Federal and State Ministries of Education, Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), National Mathematical Centre(NMC), Network of Educational Services Centres in Nigeria(NESCN), donor agencies, the Curriculum Organization of Nigeria, the World Conference of Curriculum and Instruction, (National Association of French Teachers(NAFT), etc.
Relationship of the ERC’s Mandate to the Vision, Mission and Mandate of the Secretariat
The Centre is the academic nerve centre of the Education Secretariat which provides support and specialized services to the schools and the general public in such ways that, the overall goals of the Education Secretariat are fully and effectively realized in the FCT.
