The National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Nigeria domiciled in Ondo town in Ondo State , was established in 1992 by the Federal Ministry of Education, in collaboration with UNESCO/IIEP Paris, as a sub-regional staff college for West Africa. It seek to realize its mission through capacity building, continuous training , consulting, action research in educational planning, information dissemination and providing resource centre services.

The need for capacity building of the education sector planners and managers cannot be over-emphasized.