Federal Government has fixed Wednesday, July 1, 2026 for the official launch of its Digital tv National Education Information Management System, DNEMIS, in its drive to modernise education administration through technology and data-driven management.
Ahead of the launch, the National Project Coordinator of the Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit in the Office of the Minister of Education, Mr. Adebayo Onigbanjo, said more than 32 million students have already been enrolled on the digital platform.
According to Onigbanjo, the platform forms the backbone of the Nigeria Education Data Infrastructure, NEDI, an initiative under the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative, NESRI, designed to provide reliable, timely and integrated education data for planning, budgeting, policymaking and service delivery.
“For many years, education planning relied on fragmented systems, inconsistent reporting structures and limited access to reliable data. DNEMIS changes that by ensuring that every learner, every school, every teacher and every investment in education is captured within a system that supports evidence-based decision-making,” he said.
He described education data as a strategic national asset, stressing that the digital platform would strengthen governance, transparency and accountability across the education sector.
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Responding to questions on how the platform would help address Nigeria’s out-of-school children challenge, Onigbanjo said the availability of accurate data would enable government to identify learning gaps, monitor students’ progress and make targeted investments where they are most needed.
“If you don’t measure, you can’t get a good sense of what the data is. Today, we already have 32 million students on the platform, and that gives us an indication of where learners are.
We are also understanding their journey from when they start school and when they drop out. That gives us insight into their challenges and where investments need to go. Every school becomes visible, every student gets counted, every teacher is known, and every government expenditure in education becomes trackable. To a greater extent, this will stop wastage,” he stated.
Onigbanjo explained that the ultimate objective is to provide visibility into the educational journey of every learner from entry into formal education until completion.
“We are trying to achieve the ability to have visibility of all learners from the day they begin formal education until they leave the system. This provides government with the information needed to plan effectively and improve learning outcomes,” he added.
Addressing concerns over data privacy, he said the system was developed on globally recognised digital architecture with strong safeguards to protect personal information.
Adebajo also announced that Wednesday’s event would feature the launch of the Public DNEMIS Portal, which will, for the first time, provide researchers, journalists, civil society organisations, development partners and members of the public with access to selected official education data through an interactive online platform.
She said the initiative reflects the Federal Ministry of Education’s commitment to strengthening evidence-based planning, improving transparency and leveraging technology to deliver better educational outcomes for Nigerian learners.
The Federal Ministry of Education acknowledged the technical support of UNICEF and the University of Oslo in developing the initiative and invited stakeholders to participate in Wednesday’s official unveiling of the platform and the inauguration of DNEMIS State Implementation Teams.
