Section 3: General duties of the Council.

It shall be the duty of the Council to(a) organise and provide programmes for the training, development, upgrading and certification of teachers;
(b) conduct postgraduate courses and examinations in education for graduate teachers;
(c) carry out research in conjunction with other bodies on any matter relevant to educational development in Nigeria;
(d) formulate policies and initiate programmes at all levels of education designed to improve, by way of research, the quality and content of education in Nigeria;
(e) assess, from time to time, the training programmes offered by institutions controlled by or associated with the Institute with a view to ascertaining the professional competence of those institutions;
(f) offer such assistance, either alone or in co-operation with educational bodies, as may be requested by the institutions controlled by or associated with the Institute;
(g) foster and enhance international co-operation in the education of teachers; and
(h) perform such other functions as are necessary or expedient for the full discharge of any of the functions of the Institute under this Act.