Nigerian govt to launch platform to automate school census, make education data public

Nigeria is set to revolutionize its education sector with the launch of the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS). This comprehensive platform, scheduled for unveiling on Wednesday, will consolidate all data related to schools and learners, making it readily available to the Nigerian public. The initiative signifies a major step towards modernizing education administration and enhancing transparency.

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DNEMIS would help eliminate fragmented education data, strengthen evidence-based planning, improve accountability and enhance service delivery across Nigeria’s education sector.

The DNEMIS platform is designed to automate the annual school census, replacing traditional, often manual, data collection methods with an integrated digital system. This will ensure accurate, real-time information on schools, students, teachers, and infrastructure. A key innovation is the Public DNEMIS Portal, which will grant public access to selected official education data for the first time. This move is expected to foster greater transparency, improve access to reliable information, and encourage broader stakeholder participation in shaping the future of education.

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DNEMIS was developed on the globally recognised District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) platform to modernise education administration and strengthen evidence-based decision-making.

Developed on the globally recognized District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) platform, DNEMIS is part of the Nigeria Education Data Infrastructure (NEDI) reforms under the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI). The system aims to eliminate fragmented data, strengthen evidence-based planning, improve accountability, and enhance service delivery across the nation's education sector. The platform already hosts over 32 million students, who have been assigned a unique Learner Identification Number (LIN) to track their academic journey. The project has received technical support from organizations like UNICEF and the University of Oslo.

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for the first time, selected official education data will be publicly accessible to researchers, policymakers, journalists, development partners, civil society organisations and the general public.