ABOUT NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (NERDC)

As a Think Tank of the Nigerian Education System, we are continually Providing the nation with Building Blocks for Strategic Educational Planning & Development; Education Quality Assurance; Policy Formulation and Implementation.

Our Vision:
Building and Sustaining a Culture of Strategic Educational Research and Development that will inform the Formulation and Effective Implementation of Policies in Education as well as in other related Sectors of the Economy.

Mission:
Creating the Enabling Environment in which Educational Research and Development Activities will thrive and in the process not only Encourage Collaboration with International Development Partners but also Foster Public-Private Partnerships in our Bid to Render Educational Research and Development Efforts Sustainable and Needs Driven.

Core Objective:
To become a Regional Centre of Excellence in Educational Research and Development in Africa by 2010 and expand to an International Status by 2015.

HUMAN RESOURCE:
The Council operates a team of over 500 personnel. Among them are academic staff who are essentially teacher educators and researchers; graduating from outstanding indigenous and foreign universities.