REPORTER: PEACE AGBO
A comprehensive Education Management and Information System , EMIS, designed to centralise and digitally integrate Education data across Public and Private schools has been introduced by the Abia State government.
Announcing this to Newsmen at the Government House Umuahia after this week’s Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti, the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, explained that EMIS would accommodate all education-related data at the Basic and Secondary levels into a unified central database to improve planning, measurable outcomes and data-driven policy decisions.
Prince Kanu said all Public and Private Schools across the 17 Local Government Areas of the State have received secure login credentials to enable them to access the platform and stressed that the system supports the issuance of the Abia Learners Identification Number (ABSLIN), for every pupil in the state.
The Commissioner said that the second batch of the State’s Teacher Recruitment Exercise is progressing with a total of 36,415 applications received, out of which 24,023 candidates have been shortlisted for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the targeted second batch 4000 teachers to be employed.
The Commissioner further disclosed that the Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education Programme for the 2025–2026 academic session has resumed across the 17 Local Government Areas of the State.
Prince Kanu who highlighted the achievements in the Education sector under the Otti led administration, announced that Abia State emerged as the overall best-performing State at the recently concluded National Basic Education School Sports Games, clinching eight gold medals in athletics.
Prince Kanu also noted that Abia State has for the past three years, consistently ranked as the best-performing State in the National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations, describing the achievement as evidence that the Otti led administration’s Educational reforms are yielding measurable results.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Elder Goodluck Ubochi, who provided clarifications on the EMIS and ABSLIN initiative said it would enable government to monitor each learner’s academic journey from entry to completion of Basic Education.
