The Federal Government is set to replace Nigeria’s largely manual Annual School Census with a national digital education management platform, in a move aimed at improving the quality of education data and strengthening evidence-based planning and policymaking across the sector.
The new platform, known as the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS), will be officially unveiled on Wednesday alongside the launch of the Public DNEMIS Portal and the inauguration of State Implementation Teams.
Speaking during a pre-launch media briefing in Abuja on Monday, Adebayo Onigbanjo, National Project Coordinator of the Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit in the Office of the Minister of Education, said the initiative was developed to address longstanding challenges posed by fragmented education data systems.
According to Onigbanjo, education planning and administration in Nigeria have for years relied on inconsistent reporting structures and limited access to reliable and timely data, constraining effective planning, accountability and the sector’s ability to respond to emerging needs.
To address these challenges, the Federal Ministry of Education developed the Nigeria Education Data Infrastructure (NEDI), a national framework designed to coordinate, standardise and strengthen education data management across all levels of education.
