Nigeria launches national digital education data platform

The Federal Government will launch a new national digital platform on Wednesday, July 1, designed to centralize and modernize the collection and management of education data across Nigeria. The system, called the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS), aims to replace fragmented and inconsistent data systems that have long hampered effective planning and governance in the sector.

Officials announced the rollout during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday. Adebayo Onigbanjo, National Project Coordinator of the Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit in the Office of the Minister of Education, described DNEMIS as a flagship project under the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative. He stated that for years, education planning relied on fragmented systems and inconsistent reporting, which constrained effective planning and weakened accountability. DNEMIS is intended to consolidate information on learners, teachers, schools, and education investments into a single, unified national database to support real-time policymaking, budgeting, and monitoring.

Onigbanjo emphasized that reliable data is now central to improving educational outcomes,...