The Federal Government yesterday said it is planning to carry out a census of all schools in the country.
The government said the data from the census would enable it to tackle the challenges facing the sector.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced this at a two-day capacity-building workshop for desk officers in the ministry, its departments, and agencies (MDAs) yesterday in Abuja.
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.
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