Accreditation & Curriculum Development

The NCMD Act, Cap 99 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (2004) which established the Nigerian Council for Management Development (NCMD), empowers it to setup and maintain standards in Management Education, Training and Development, including Accreditation of Trainers and Training Institutions.

The Accreditation and Curriculum Development Department is charged with carrying out the Centre’s role of standardization of capacity building activities through streamlining and control.

To achieve the Centre’s goals, the Accreditation Division in the Accreditation Department was set up to manage the entire Accreditation and Registration Process for both Individuals and Institutions.

The Accreditation and Curriculum Development Department has three divisions:

Accreditation Division

The Accreditation Division provides information and advisory services to trainers and training firms/institutions on Accreditation and registration. The Division handles the coordination of (among others):

• sale/collection of completed forms
• preparation of:
  1. accreditation assessment visit
  2. certificates for successful applicants and organisations
  3. annual directory of accredited trainers and training organisations.
  4. The Annual Directory of Management Development Programmes in Nigeria.

Curriculum Development Division

The Curriculum Development Division is concerned with developing/reviewing the Curriculum of the Centre’s programmes, as well as the review and upgrading of syllabi for management studies, the compilation of training programme and the publication of the directory of training firms/institutions and individual trainers in the country.

Quality Assurance Division

This division is charged with ensuring that the programmes/activities carried out in the Centre, as well as by other individual trainers and firms/institution, are carried out not below the least established standards.

Criteria for Accreditation Assessment

A. Individual Trainer

Candidate must:

• be a graduate of a recognized University, Polytechnic or other similar institutions of higher learning in Nigeria or abroad
  AND/OR
• be a holder of a professional qualification e.g. ICAN, ACA, ACCA,CIPM,AIB,ACIS etc. as approved by Government.
• be a holder of CMD’s Train-The-Trainer (Basic and Advanced MANDEV) Certificates and
• have at least three (3) years post-management training experience.

After meeting the above-stated requirements, applicant will then obtain an Individual Accreditation Application form at the cost of N50, 000:00 only.

Upon completion, the form is to be submitted along with copies of the following documents:

• educational qualification(s)
• professional certificates.
• basic and advanced Mandev certificates
• curriculum vitae; and
• receipt for the form

The fees for the programmes are as follows: