Better data, better schools

•Tech transforming Nigeria’s education sector
From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Federal Government has said the modernisation of education management and administration through digital innovation is because for many years, policies and programmes were formulated and implemented without accurate or near real-time data to guide decision-making.
The data relates to personnel, classrooms, infrastructure, teachers, students enrolment, age and gender distribution, among other indicators.
For instance, in a rural community in Northern Nigeria, a school may be struggling with a shortage of teachers. Hundreds of kilometres away, another school may have enough teachers but insufficient classrooms to a...