The Federal Ministry of Education says it has organized a strategic partnership with the National Population Commission, NPC, to integrate birth registration and demographic data into Nigeria’s school enrolment and education planning systems.
The Director of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, made the announcement on X this Tuesday.
He noted that integrating birth registration into admission processes would promote proper age placement and strengthen the integrity of academic records.
The minister of education, Olatunji Alausa, emphasised that enforcement would follow expanded nationwide access to registration services to avoid creating unintended barriers for families.
The Chairman of NPC, Aminu Yusuf, reaffirmed the commission’s mandate to maintaining Nigeria’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system, saying that more than 4,000 registration centres were operating nationwide.