The National Education Commission (NEC), established under the National Education Commission Act No. 19 of 1991 is a body corporate with the primary mandate to function as the apex policy formulation body of the education sector, and to engage in policy analysis and research, set national education goals and standards and guidelines for wide spectrum matters connected with education and to engage in monitoring, data management and publication. For the purpose of discharging its prescribed functions, the NEC is vested with wide ranging powers.

• Education policy formulation
• Education policy analysis and research
• National Education Goals and Competency Framework
• Monitoring, data management and publication