The paucity of reliable data to support educational development has compelled management of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to embark on a comprehensive personnel audit of basic schools in Nigeria.The exercise, which has the backing of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and other stakeholders, is expected to overhaul the basic education system, […]
National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that it cannot produce the national ID cards for all Nigerians who have enrolled in it. Director-General NIMC Aliyu Aziz noted this in Abuja on Monday, adding that the national identity cards that are ready are for those who registered in 2012 and 2013. According to him, “The […]
LAND owners in Kinondoni and Ubungo districts of Dar es Salaam will be the first to receive electronically produced tittle deeds by June, this year. Minister of Land and Settlements Development, William Lukuvi revealed this to the reporters in Dodoma, Monday, as he was explaining what the government has done so far in the land […]
UNESCO and the Government of Kenya are convening a Pan-African High-level Conference on Education (PACE 2018) in Nairobi from 25-27 April 2018, in collaboration with the African Union as well as other key partners including ADEA and the SDG4 co-conveners (ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, UN Women and the World Bank). Building on previous consultations […]
Ghana national identity card issuance has been postponed to May. According to George Anda the Deputy Minister of Communication, the current situation with the L.I in parliament has caused the postponement. Regardless, times have changed and the National Identification Authority has made it easier for Ghanaian to acquire their national ID cards. It will be […]
Nigeria’s failure to consolidate on the foundationmining dataal efforts of the British colonial regime in its mining sectors has been hinged on a dearth of the geological information system, a knowledge gap which deprives operators of well collated and analysed massive volumes of data on the landscape of operations. This, Abubakar Bwari, the minister of […]
Section 4 of the EJISDC paper by Irja Shaanika and Tiko Iyamu The data that were gathered from the four ministries that were used as cases in the study was analysed. The interpretive approach was used in the analysis. This was to gain better understanding of the factors that influence EA so as to appropriately guide […]
Parliament has passed a motion seeking to establish a department of civil registration in each of the 290 constituencies. If the units are established, they will bring relief to many parents who are struggling to acquire the crucial documents that are required in their children’s school registration and application for national identification cards. And in […]
Prepared for the International Conference on Education Management Information Systems, 11-13 April 2018, organised by UNESCO and the Global Partnership for Education. Re-orienting Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) towards inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning, UNESCO, 2018 A national strategy for the development of education statistics (NSDES), UNESCO-UIS, 2017 Data for learning: building a […]
Registering land was one of the biggest challenges in Uganda until the intervention of World Bank through the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP). Interview with Ms Dorcas W. Okalany, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development What necessitated the implementation of the land component under the World Bank supported Project called […]