Section 3: Functions of the Commission

(1) The Commission shall-
(a) work in co-operation with all concerned to eradicate illiteracy in Nigeria;
(b) design and promote strategies and programmes for the conduct and implementation of a National Mass Literacy Campaign in consultation with appropriate agencies of the Federal and State Governments, the Universities and non-governmental agencies;
(c) monitor and co-ordinate activities relating to the National Mass Literacy Campaign in order to ensure the rapid and successful eradication of illiteracy in Nigeria;
(d) monitor and co-ordinate the Implementation of all activities for the eradication of illiteracy in Africa and ensure the collection and dissemination of information on the implementation;
(e) organise in-service professional training courses, for senior staff and operate training seminars for various levels of staff from government and non-governmental organisations:
(f) develop and disseminate teaching materials in distant education programmes aimed at primary school leavers as well as mass literacy, adult and non-formal education personnel;
(g) request and receive from all Ministries of Education, in the States of the Federation and other mass literacy and adult education organisations throughout Nigeria, annual reports and data on their adult education programmes;
(h) conduct research in various fields such as curriculum development, learning and teaching methodologies, appropriate educational technologies motivation of leaners and instructors and needs assessments;
(i) organise annual conference of Heads of Adult Education Departments in State Ministries, agencies and institutions of higher learning;
(j) organise writers' workshops in order to develop and promote teaching and learning materials in various languages, especially for primers, for graded readers, including follow-up reading materials, posters, demonstration kits, package courses, audio-visual materials and flash cards;
(k) run national and international training workshops and seminars, and also act as a co-ordinator and clearing house for national training for mass literacy, adult and non-formal education;
(l) organise conferences, workshops, symposia, lectures and seminars on topical issues related to mass literacy, adult and non-formal education on a regular basis;
(m) serve as a general means of exchange of personnel information experience and materials on mass literacy, adult and non-formal educatron;
(n) prescribe the manner and methods for integratrng mass literacy, adult and non-formal system of education and for this purpose grant such necessary accreditation to courses of studies;
(o) lay down equivalent standards and negotiate with relevant institutions the acceptance of the standard accreditation and integration;
(p) commission special research programmes and pilot projects in mass literacy, adult and non-formal education in Nigeria;
(q) receive regular progress reports on the general situation on mass literacy, adult and non-formal education in Nigeria in relation to each national development plan;
(r) allocate fund from the Federal Government to relevant institutions - on all recognised mass literacy, adult and, non-formal education programmes;
(s) liaise with the institutions of higher learning in Nigeria and with international organisations on matters concerning mass literacy, adult and non-formal education;
(t) motivate and mobilize people to participate in mass literacy, adult and non-formal education programmes through the mass media, especially the mobile cinema;
(u)
liaise with agencies concerned with nomadic education in order to accelerate, the development of mass literacy, adult and non-formal education; and
(v)
carry out such other activities as are conducive to the discharge of its functions under this Act.
(2) The Commission may, from time to time, collate materials, and information on mass literacy, adult and non-formal education in Nigeria, for the use of-
(a) the Commission
(b) the Federal Ministry of Education; and
(c) the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, through the Federal Ministry of Education.
(3) The Commission may delegate any of the functions of the Commission specified in subsection (1) of this section to any of the Centres established pursuant to section 12 of this Decree.