FG Begins Annual School Census Nationwide

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The federal government has commenced a nationwide Annual School Census (ASC) exercise designed to generate reliable and timely basic and post-basic education data from schools.

It stated that it would aid in proper planning, management and administration of the education sector, for enhanced learning and productivity.

Flagging off the exercise, with the theme: ‘Mobile Technology: A Veritable Tool for Enhancing the Generation, Reliable and Timely Education Data’  in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, noted that this year’s data would be generated using an Android tablet, to explore the maximum use of mobile technology.
"I call on all stakeholders especially head teachers and principals who are custodians of school records and the main drivers of the process to accurately complete the Annual School Census forms using the mobile technology.

"I hope we will leverage on the series of trainings on school records-keeping for head teachers and principals organised by the Federal Ministry of Education and UNICEF in states and FCT in previous years, to gather timely and reliable education data.
"We conducted geo-positioning of schools in some states which will help in getting the exact number of schools which will invariably validate the ASC data. 

Schools in Imo, Edo, Ondo, Kogi, and Taraba States at both basic and post basic levels have ready been mapped and placed in the website for accessibility by all. The basic schools have been mapped by the personnel audit exercise. We hope all the states will key into this exercise so as to map the remaining post basic schools," he said.



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