The Sokoto State Government has announced plans to fully digitalise its basic and secondary education system within the next two years, a move it says will transform teaching, learning, and supervision in the state.
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Ahmed Ala, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, stressing that the digitisation project will enhance quality control, improve transparency, and provide reliable data for decision-making.
“We want to fully digitise the information system in basic and secondary education in Sokoto State. This will help us to assess teachers’ and principals’ performance on key performance indicators, including teaching and regularity in classes,” Ala said.
He explained that the initiative, known as the Education Management Information System (EMIS), would allow the state to monitor teachers’ activities, rank schools, and provide development partners with data on infrastructure, ICT facilities, libraries, and policy implementation.
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According to Ala, schools in Sokoto are already being evaluated using a points-based ranking system: institutions scoring 14 points or more are rated “very good,” while those with six points or fewer are classified as “poor.”
The Sokoto Govt Moves to Digitalise Basic, Secondary Education initiative will also work alongside the Teachers Management Information System (TMIS) which will track and evaluate the performance of academic staff.
Ala further revealed that the state government has embarked on aggressive teacher training to improve knowledge and competence in classrooms.
“We are also radically and vigorously undertaking teacher training because we found out that so many teachers do not have the necessary knowledge, skills, experience, and competence to teach in secondary schools. So far, we have done two sets of training, and we have been able to train 2,500 teachers,” he added.
He maintained that digitisation and teacher development remain central to achieving a more literate and competitive Sokoto society.
