The Federal Ministry of Education has announced that it will officially launch the Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS) on July 1, 2026.
The initiative aims to enhance education planning, governance, and service delivery across Nigeria by utilizing reliable, unified data.
The National Project Coordinator of the Special Programmes Operations and Implementation Unit (SPOIU) in the Office of the Minister of Education, Mr. Adebayo Onigbanjo disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja.
Addressing journalists, he noted that the system serves as a foundational component of the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI), which is being implemented under the leadership of the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa.
According to Onigbanjo, the ministry is prioritizing education data as a strategic national asset to foster transparency, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making.
He explained that for many years, educational planning and administration relied on fragmented frameworks, inconsistent reporting metrics, and limited access to timely data. These structural bottlenecks historically constrained effective budgeting and limited the sector’s capacity to adapt to emerging realities.
To address these inefficiencies, the ministry established the Nigeria Education Data Infrastructure (NEDI) to coordinate, standardize, and streamline data management across all academic levels. DNEMIS stands as the flagship component of NEDI, engineered to provide accessible and reliable infrastructure for policy formation, budgeting, and performance monitoring. The integrated platform ensures that every learner, teacher, institution, and educational investment is captured within a single system.
The Special Assistant to the Minister on Digital Communications and E-Learning, Ms. Mojoyin Adebajo further highlighted that DNEMIS represents a significant milestone in Nigeria’s educational transformation.
The portal will digitize the Annual School Census process and, for the first time, make selected official education metrics publicly available through an interactive interface. This public access will allow researchers, development partners, civil society organizations, journalists, and government bodies to engage constructively with data shaping the sector.
Looking ahead, the ministry intends to consolidate the Education Management Information System (EMIS), the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS), and individual learner records into this single portal before next year. Equipped with unique identification tracking, the unified system will monitor school enrollments and help reduce dropout rates by seamlessly tracking students as they progress through the Nigerian academic system.