NCCE defines minimum standards for all programmes of teacher education and accredit their certificates and other academic awards.
Establishment of NCCE is based on the philosophy of National Policy on Education (NAPE) which postulates that “no education can rise above the quality of its teachers.” In 2018, Nigerian Senate proposed a change of NCCE’s name to National Commission for Teachers Education (NCTE).
[5] The decree establishing the NCCE mandates it, among other functions, to: NCCE’s day-to-day administration is headed by an executive secretary appointed by the president on the recommendation of Education Minister.
[6][7] The highest decision making body of NCCE is the governing board headed by a chairman[8] and secretary (which is the executive secretary of the commission) and members.
The board members are representatives of federal ministries, institutions and professional organisations which include Federal Ministries of Education and Finance, Federal Colleges of Education (Technical), Federal Colleges of Education (Conventional), State Colleges of Education, Federal Universities (Conventional), Universities of Technology, Nigerian Academy of Education and Nigerian Union of Teachers.