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Permanent Secretary Readiness & Leadership
A self-paced course for new and serving Permanent Secretaries in Nigeria: assume office with confidence, lead with focus.
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- Category
- Leadership and Public Administration
- Format
- Self-paced online course with two pathways
- Duration
- New Appointee Induction about 18 hours; Serving Permanent Secretary Refresher about 8–10 hours
- Languages
- English
- Last updated
- 13 October 2026
Overview
Two pathways covering the first 100 days in office and quarterly reviews for serving Permanent Secretaries, with fully written lessons, cited sources and practical tools.
Who it’s for
New and serving Permanent Secretaries in Nigeria.
What you’ll learn
- Prepare for assumption of office using a checklist and handover review.
- Plan the first 100 days and run quarterly reviews.
- Write an Institutional Capacity Improvement Plan.
Curriculum
Ten modules
Each has objectives, 4–5 lessons with inline citations, a case discussion, a decision exercise, reflection, a 10-question test, a workplace checklist and a Word template.
Final test
25 questions across all modules.
Capstone
An Institutional Capacity Improvement Plan with a self-assessment rubric and a worked example.
How you’ll learn
- Toolkit: assumption-of-office checklist, handover review guide, first-100-days plan and quarterly review
- Source register of 28 sources with verification dates
- Ask the Course: answers only from course passages, with links to the sources
Assessment
A 10-question test in each module and a 25-question final test.
Accessibility and narration
Browser-voice narration with speed control, word highlighting and saved position.
Languages
English
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Draft pending review by qualified experts. Independent course. No government endorsement, accreditation or certification is claimed.