In a bid to provide accurate, valid and reliable data for proper planning in schools, the Permanent Secretary Federal Capital Territory Sir Christian Ohaa has urged all schools heads and principal not to falsify data in the FCT level annual school census.
He stated this during 2018/2019 FCT level annual school census Thursday, in Abuja saying “the key objective is to significantly improve collection of every education data and management of same for making better plans for higher achievement of educational objectives.”
He said: “Every school head or Principal including those of the military, paramilitary, federal unity colleges and private schools has to provide these facts and information on the learners, teachers structures, facilities, and activities of the school. Particularly ensure that every child is counted and reported on. The data are for policy formulation, decision making and planning for individual and societal development. School data will not be used to levy charges on school owners.
“FCT Administration has embraced the challenge of ASC and has deployed resources for e-education, Education Management Information System and ICT-personnel for gathering and processing the data. And in a few weeks from today, the actual exercise would be in most parts of every Area Council.
“I therefore enjoy you all to fully cooperate to make this year’s FCT level ASC fully accurate reliable and on time, with good thinking. We can get it right, he stressed.
Speaking earlier, the Director Administration and Finance Education Secretariat Alhaji Umar Mafara said the FCT level ASC is to collect relevant, reliable and timely data from all schools in order to ensure proper planning, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of the system for effective management of education in FCT and in Nigeria.
Represented at the ocassion by Mallam Abdulrasaq Lerama, he hinted that to have a successful conduct of 2018/2019 ASC in FCT all hands must be on deck to ensure that credible reliable and usable data is provided for effective planning research purposes and sound decision making.
