You cannot improve what you cannot measure.by minister of education

You cannot improve what you cannot measure. That is why we are building one of the largest education data systems in Africa and using it to transform how we plan, manage, and improve education across Nigeria. 🇳🇬 During my keynote address at the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference in Oslo, Norway, I was proud to highlight Nigeria’s Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS), a platform developed in collaboration with UNICEF. The system is helping us understand exactly what is happening in our schools and enabling better decision-making for learners and educational institutions across the country. Today, DNEMIS captures data on more than 32 million learners across 204,048 schools in all 36 states, the FCT, and the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria. This allows us to identify where classrooms, teachers, learning materials, and other critical interventions are needed most, ensuring that resources reach the children and communities that need them. Nigeria now accounts for 32 million of the 45 million education records hosted globally on the DHIS2 platform, making our country the largest education-sector implementation of the platform anywhere in the world. As we continue to implement the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI), in line with the vision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, we are leveraging technology and data to build a more efficient, transparent, and accountable education system that delivers better outcomes for every Nigerian child. The future of education is not guesswork—it is data, evidence, and action. #DAC2026 #DNEMIS #NESRI #Education #Nigeria #DigitalTransformation