The Kano state government has commended the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Ma’aruf Alausa, for the introduction of the DHI2 data management platform, describing it as a genuine tool for data collection and educational planning in Nigeria.
The Kano state commissioner for Education, Dr. Ali Haruna Abubakar Makoda made the commendation today while addressing delegates at the ongoing 69th National Council on Education (NCE) meeting holding in Akure, the Ondo state capital.
Dr. Makoda revealed that the newly introduced DHI2 platform, which was first deployed for the 2024/2025 Annual School Census in Kano State, has successfully facilitated the generation of the most reliable and accurate data ever recorded in the history of the state’s Ministry of Education.
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The Commissioner used the opportunity to address what he termed a long-standing and inaccurate portrayal of Kano State regarding the issue of out-of-school children. He stated that the narrative of Kano having the highest number of out-of-school children in the country is based on an obsolete data set generated since 2019, which no longer reflects the current reality on the ground due to significant interventions by the state government.
“The DHI2 platform has opened our eyes to the power of real-time, verifiable data,” Dr. Makoda stated. “For years, we have been portrayed based on a stale statistic from 2019. This has been a major concern for our administration under the leadership of His Excellency, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. We are now equipped with a modern system to tell our own story accurately.”
To definitively correct this “obsolete abnormally,” Dr. Makoda announced that the Kano State Ministry of Education has inaugurated a strong and high-powered committee to conduct a comprehensive out-of-school children survey.
“This committee is tasked with leveraging the robust data generated from the new DHI2 platform as baseline to conduct a thorough and credible survey. Our goal is to produce a factual, current, and undisputed data set that will accurately reflect the state of school enrollment in Kano State,” the Commissioner explained.
In a statement by Musbahu Aminu Yakasai, the director public relations and enlightenments, Kano state ministry of Education, said Makoda expressed confidence that the findings from the new survey would not only correct the outdated record but also provide a solid foundation for targeted policies and interventions to further improve school enrollment and retention across the state.
The 69th NCE meeting brings together all Commissioners for Education, State Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) and other key stakeholders in the education sector to deliberate on critical issues affecting education in Nigeria.