Kaduna Govt, UNICEF Organise Training For Principals, Others On Data Capturing

Kaduna State Ministry of Education, in collaboration with UNICEF and other development partners, has organised digital training aimed at strengthening its Education Management Information System (EMIS) through a state-wide training on the use of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) for Annual School Census data entry.

The capacity-building workshop, which was conducted simultaneously across the 23 LGAs in the state, targets school principals, head teachers, and school data officers, as part of the broader Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) project.

Speaking during an inspection visit to the Kaduna South training centre, the  permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education Mall. Rabiu Yunusa, emphasised the critical role of data in driving meaningful reforms in the education sector.

“Without accurate data, we won’t be able to plan or track the success and failure of our students, or monitor the resources being invested, with this new initiative by UNICEF and the state government, we are now moving to a reliable, error-free system,” Yunusa said.

He noted that the upgraded system addresses previous complaints, thanks to improvements in technology and accountability he said while acknowledging the past misuse and disappearance of data collection devices. He however assured that corrective measures have helped to recover many of the devices.