The aims and objectives of the CONFERENCE shall be:
- To stimulate exchange of experiences and ideas by providing a forum for discussion of matters of common interest and arranging meetings, conferences, seminars and workshops.
- To encourage interchange of information and knowledge towards effective management of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in Nigeria.
- To promote and protect the interests of members by any lawful ways and means which in the opinion of the CONFERENCE are conducive thereto.
- To play guiding roles through its affected members in the management of individual member-institutions.
- To cooperate with Council of Heads of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (COHEADS) in all matters regarding the achievement of excellent technological education in Nigeria.
- To negotiate for, and as much as possible, secure facilities on beneficial terms for its members with regard to the management of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology.
- To generally ventilate the views of the CONFERENCE to governments and the public.
- To make all the conditions, and the difficulties affecting the Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in Nigeria better known to governments and the public.
- To subscribe to, assist, subsidize or co-operate with any association or institution which objectives are in whole or in part similar to those of the CONFERENCE.
- To promote and facilitate cooperation amongst members and between members and Rectors as well as other staff of the Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology in general.
- To undertake the publication of a journal on Public Administration with particular reference to improvement of internal management and technological advancement of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology.
- To undertake the activities which in the opinion of the CONFERENCE are ancillary, incidental and or conducive to the promotion of the aforementioned aims and objectives.