Nnadiebube Journal of Religion, Culture and Society

A major challenge to educational development in Nigeria is the lack of credible and timely data for evidence-based policy making and planning, effective performance monitoring and feedback as well as quality advocacy. Education Management Information System (EMIS) is a system for the collection, integration, processing, maintenance and dissemination of data and information to support decision making, planning, policy-analysis, monitoring and evaluation of all levels of education system. EMIS today in Nigeria is not all about Annual Schools Census (ASC) but about information on the educational system as well as on other system in society related to education but there is challenges encountered in collecting data using education management information system. Using the critical analysis the researcher discovers that there is need for data quality control and invented strategies to enhance data collection in Nigeria.

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