Universal Basic Education Commission

The Universal Basic Education Commission simply known as UBEC is a Nigeria's Federal government Agency that has the mandate to formulate and coordinate all programmes of the Universal Basic Education programme prescribe the minimum standards for basic education in Nigeria. The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) was established by the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education and Other Related Matters Act of 2004 to eradicate illiteracy, ignorance and poverty as well as to stimulate and accelerate national development, political consciousness and national integration to fulfil the national philosophy and goals of education which underlines with the country’s aspiration to social, economic and political development. Unesco in 1990 collaborated with Nigeria to promote the ubec vision, with the aim of achieving Education for all (EFA) and reducing illiteracy rates Ubec has worked in collaboration with UNESCO since 1990, when UNESCO launched the global "Education for All" initiative aimed at promoting