Education (National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions) Act

Arrangement of Sections

1. Minimum standards for pre-primary and primary institutions

2. Purpose of pre-primary education

3. Purpose of primary education

4. Minimum standards in secondary schools and certain categories of teacher education

5. Purpose of secondary education

6. Structure of secondary education

7. Purpose of teacher education

8. Minimum standards in respect of technical education

9. Purpose of technical education

10. Minimum standards in universities

11. Purpose of higher education

12. Minimum standards in respect of special and adult education

13. Purpose of special education

14. Purpose of adult and non-formal education

15. Powers of inspection

16. Procedure after adverse report

17. Offences

18. Offences by bodies corporate, etc

19. Conditions for ownership or proprietorship of certain institutions

20. Persons who may establish institutions of higher learning

21. Application for establishment of institutions of higher education

22. Power to close down erring institutions

23. Jurisdiction

24. Issue of guidelines

25. Interpretation

26. Short title, etc

An Act to deal amongst other things with the specification of various authorities empowered to prescribe minimum standards of education in Nigeria; and to impose penalties for any contravention of its provisions.

[1985 No. 16.]

[6 th August , 1985]

[Commencement.]

PART I

Minimum standards, etc., in institutions

Primary education

1. Minimum standards for pre-primary and primary institutions

2. Purpose of pre-primary education

The purpose of pre-primary education shall be-

( a ) to effect a smooth transition from home to school;

( b ) to prepare the child for the primary level of education;

( c ) to provide adequate care and supervision for children while their parents are away from home either at work, on the farms, in the markets or in offices or otherwise howsoever;