The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration(NIEPA) is the apex national institution of educational planning and administration and is actively engaged in educational research, training and consultancy. Its core activities include: Full-time M.Phil. Programme, Full-time & Part-time Ph.D. Programmes, National level and International level Diploma Programmes, training of educational planners and administrators; research; consultancy services at national and international levels; clearing house for dissemination of knowledge and information; and providing a forum for exchange of views and experiences between practicing educational administrators, planners and academics. NIEPA also sponsors research in educational planning, policy and management.
NIEPA offers, every year, about four dozen professional programmes. It includes long-term and short-term training programmes, seminars, conferences, meetings with senior national and international education policy-makers, planners and administrators. It offers two (six-month) diploma programmes in educational planning and administration - one each for the national and international participants. On an average, each year , about thousand five hundred senior planners and administrators participate in these programmes. NIEPA uses a combination of modern methodologies in training delivery including structured presentations, practical work, syndicate work, case studies, group discussions and modern audio-visual methods. All training programmes are supported by professionally developed training material.