Section 5: Functions of the Board.

The functions of the Board shall be-(a) to advise the Federal Government on, and to co-ordinate all aspects of, technical and vocational education falling outside the universities and to make recommendations on the national policy necessary for the full development of technical and vocational education for the training of technicians, craftsmen and other middle-level and skilled manpower;
(b) to determine, after consultation with the National Manpower Board, the Industrial Training Fund and such bodies as it considers appropriate, the skilled and middle-level manpower needs of the country in the industrial, commercial and other relevant fields for the purpose of planning training facilities and in particular to prepare periodic master plans for the balance and co-ordinated development of polytechnics and colleges of technology and such plans shall include-
(i) the general programmes to be pursued by polytechnics and colleges of technology in order to maximise the use of available facilities and avoid unnecessary duplication while ensuring that they are adequate to the manpower needs of the country; and
(ii) recommendations for the establishment and location of new polytechnics and colleges of technology as and when considered necessary;
(c) to inquire into and advise the Federal Government on the financial needs, both recurrent and capital, of polytechnics and colleges of technology and other technical institutions to enable them meet the objective of producing the trained manpower needs of the country;
(d) to receive block grants from the Federal Government and allocate them to polytechnics and colleges of technology in accordance with such formula as may be laid down by the President;
(e) to act as the agency for channelling all external aid to polytechnics and colleges of technology in Nigeria;
(f)
to advise on, and take steps to harmonise entry requirements and duration of courses at technical institutions;
(g) to lay down standards of skill to be attained and to continually review such standards as necessitated by technological and national needs;
(h) to review methods of assessment of students and trainees and to develop a scheme of national certification for technicians. craftsmen and other skilled personnel in collaboration with Ministries and organisations having technical training programmes;
(i) to undertake periodic reviews of the terms and conditions of service of personnel in polytechnics and colleges of technology and to make recommendations thereon to the Federal Government;
(j) to collate, analyse and publish information relating to technical and vocational education:
(k) to recommend to the Visitor of a polytechnic that a visitation be made to the polytechnic as and when it considers necessary;
(l) to consider any matter pertaining to technical or technological education as may be referred to it from time to lime by the Minister; and
(m) to carry out such other activities as are conducive to the discharge of its functions under this Act.