Annual School Census in Kano

Annual School Census in Kano

Based on the inability of the 2008 Annual School Census to meet the education sector expectations, the Federal Ministry of Education consented to the decentralization of the exercise in order to capture more accurate data. The main purpose of the census was to collect and collate data on schools in terms of infrastructure, teacher status, enrolment, retention and completion rates, teacher to pupil ratio, teacher to classroom ratio, pupil to classroom ratio that will inform stakeholders and form a basis for improved activity-based planning and budgeting for education in the State.

Preparations leading to the Annual School Census (ASC) in Kano included ESSPIN-supported training of various cadres of Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) staff from both the State Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB); production of census forms; and logistics support for the actual exercise which lasted three days. The Kano Universal Basic Education Communications Committee (KUBECC) also participated by designing, producing and distributing posters and head teachers’ fact sheet to inform the public on the ASC as well as publicising the census via radio jingles. The World Bank- supported State Education Sector Programme also contributed financially and materially by supporting some planned activities and printing the various forms used for the exercise.
It is anticipated that the results obtained from this exercise will feed into the 2010 Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) and into the Annual Education Sector Review (AESR) to provide a sound baseline for planning and budgeting. The results will be validated and made public by the end of February, 2010.