By Jude Atupulazi
The Anambra Government has directed all public, mission and private primary and secondary schools in the state to complete and submit their 2025/2026 Annual School Census data, on or before September 24.
The directive was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Ifeoma Agbaizu, on behalf of the Commissioner for Education.
Agbaizu said the directive followed a requirement by the Federal Ministry of Education for schools to upload their Annual School Census data through the DNEMIS/DHIS2 platform.
She said school-level training had already been conducted for public and private schools across the state to facilitate the submission of the data.
According to her, all public, mission and private primary and secondary schools, including approved and unapproved private schools, were required to participate in the exercise.
She urged heads of schools, proprietors and proprietresses to provide accurate and complete information, carefully verify all entries and ensure successful submission within the stipulated deadline.
The permanent secretary also directed school authorities to ensure that no school under their supervision was excluded from the exercise.
Agbaizu stressed that participation in the census was mandatory and should be treated as a priority by all affected schools.
She warned that failure to comply with the directive within the stipulated deadline would attract severe sanctions or penalties.
The permanent secretary therefore, urged all affected schools to commence immediate action to ensure full and timely compliance with the directive.
