Owing to paucity of authentic data on all aspects of the education sector in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the conduct of an extensive census to ascertain the fault lines and aid proper planning.
The presidential directive handed down on Thursday, is expected to produce data on all schools in Nigeria from primary to tertiary level, their present conditions and live-in facilities, proximity to one another and infrastructure. It will also ascertain the number of teachers in the country, their qualifications, training support received, number of pupils and students in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, gender, and exam grades, among others.
The presidency said the information that will be derived from the exercise will guide federal and state interventions for teachers' training and development as well as overall support. 'It will also provide data on gender ratio , their specific learning needs, and who is in school or who has dropped out based on daily monitoring with year-by-year reporting.
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