Geodata and statistics / NBS microdata

National School Census (Primary)-2006 - First Round

School data, especially reliable and timely data, is the single most important tool for national educational planning and administration. It is the easiest visible evidence that can be presented to stakeholders to demonstrate that there is progrress in a school. Yet timely, complete and trliable data about education in Nigeria, especially from educational institutions, has been most elusive. The strategy agreed upon long ago was to address the shortfalls in primary and secondary education data first, to be followed by non-formal and tertiary education data. This decision marked the beginning o…