The Sokoto State Government has unveiled plans to fully digitalise its basic and secondary education system within the next two years as part of efforts to improve quality learning and effective administration.
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Ahmed Ala, said the initiative would transform teaching and learning while providing government with real-time tools to monitor schools, track teachers’ performance, and assess policy implementation.
According to him, the project is anchored on the Education Management Information System (EMIS), which allows the state to rank schools based on key performance indicators, covering infrastructure, ICT, libraries, and other critical areas. Schools scoring 14 points and above are ranked as “very good,” while those with six points and below fall into the “poor” category.
Ala explained that alongside EMIS, the Teachers Management Information System (TMIS) would be deployed to monitor the performance and activities of academic staff. “This will help us assess teachers’ regularity in class, quality of teaching, and record-keeping in a structured way,” he said.
The commissioner added that the state government was prioritising teacher development, recognising their pivotal role in building a literate society. “We discovered that many teachers lack the required skills and competence to teach effectively, so we are addressing this through training. So far, 2,500 teachers have benefitted from two sets of intensive training programmes,” he noted.
He stressed that the digitalisation drive would not only strengthen the state’s education system but also provide development partners with data-driven insights to guide interventions and improve outcomes.
