The federal government announced Wednesday that it plans to conduct a census of all schools in the country.
According to the government, the census data will help it address the sector’s challenges.
Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, made the announcement during a two-day capacity-building training for desk officers in the ministry’s departments and agencies (MDAs) in Abuja yesterday.
He said: “It is our plan that by the end of this year or early next year, we will be signing a partnership contract with a firm that will be working with our IT people to generate data on all schools in Nigeria.
“This is because we need to know our teachers and every single student. We need data to know the trend of learning and our school infrastructure.
“This exercise will enhance decision-making and policy formulation as the data collected and collated will aid evidence-based planning, measure implementation and progress, and identify areas where improvement is required.”
Mamman decried the rate of learning crisis in the country, saying a report submitted to him showed that some pupils found it difficult to identify numbers while many others could neither read nor solve simple mathematical questions.
