FG engages states, stakeholders on implementation of education data system

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
The Federal Ministry of Education, on Thursday, held a stakeholders’ meeting on the seamless deployment of the National Education Data Infrastructure (NEDI).
The meeting, attended by representatives of relevant ministries, commissioners of education, researchers and scholars, was designed to further expose stakeholders to the benefits, effectiveness and rationale behind the establishment of the data infrastructure.
Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa, in his remarks, explained that Nigeria had, for several years, operated “blindly” with regard to data, particularly in education planning, research and implementation.
The Minister explained that NEDI was des...