National Institute of Education Planning and Administration, is a University which focuses on research. It is situated in New Delhi, India. Ministry of Education, currently known as the Ministry of Human Resource Development, has set this Institute. There are eight different academic departments and two centres in this University. In the year 1970 Government of India has taken this Institute from UNESCO and renamed it as National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administration. The present name of the institute was rechristened in the year 1979.
This Institute emphasizes planning, management, and capacity building in Educational policy with the help of research training consultancy and dissemination. The financial committee is responsible for all the financial advice to the institute. There are many international organizations like World Bank, UNESCO, COL, etc. that seek the assistance of this institute for several issues. The structure is based on nine academic units and one administrative unit. The chairman for this Institute is the Minister of Human Resources Development, Government of India.
The nine departments of this university are as follows
- Department of Educational Planning
- Department of Educational Administration
- Department of Educational Policy
- Department of the Educational Finance
- Department of School and Nonformal Education
- Department of Higher Education
- Department of International Cooperation
- Department of Sub-national systems
- Department of Operations Research and Systems Management