FOREWORD

This handbook on the Federal Ministry of Education is meant to equip staff with the relevant knowledge on the operational modalities of the Federal Ministry of Education, the Civil Service and the Public Service in general.

We see education as a way of transmitting culture, attitudes, skills and knowledge to an individual for his personal survival and for the continuity of his society.

Therefore, the Federal Ministry of Education has the greatest role to play for the survival of the Nigerian society since education serves as the bedrock of all other professions that serve the various arms of government in Nigeria.

The benefits of this Handbook are unquantifiable as it contains not x-rays the nitty-gritty of the education sector but also adumbrates the salient issues operative in the public service.

This handbook should be a daily guide for all educators and educationists who provide the relevant navigation in the education sector. It should also serve as a resource material for researchers and other people who wish to see the education sector and our country, Nigeria move forward for the benefit of her citizens and future generations.

I, therefore, recommend this handbook to all staff of the Federal Ministry of Education and all other public servants since the education sector cannot operate absolutely without the other sectors in the Nigerian polity.

Arc. Sonny S.T. Echono

Permanent Secretary,

Federal Ministry of Education