By Desmond Okon

ATTEMPTS towards improving the education sector in Nigeria has developed into a giant stride in the Ministry of Education as the Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, in Abuja, recently inaugurated www.nigeria-education.org as the Nigerian Education Website designed in partnership with the UK Department for International Development, DFID.

According to Shekarau, the website would ensure that access to education information is easy and the quality in Nigeria.

The minister, who was represented by Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala,Permanent Secretary in the Ministry said that the website was reckoned as a tool in gathering and making information available to planners and researchers.

In his words: “I anticipate that this valuable new resource will inform and contribute to the important work that we are all doing in securing improved access to quality education in Nigeria. Our future success is not only based on the quality of our education system but also on the ability to generate information about it.”

He also added that: “The website covers information on diverse areas of education, including access, gender, governance, quality, and particularly teachers.”

The minister encouraged practitioners in the sector to make appropriate utility of the site to improve their work, not forgetting to urge all government agencies to make maximum use to the giant development to facilitate the achievement of their objectives.

The Country Director, Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria, EDOREN, initiatd by DFID, Prof, Oladele Akogun, said in a speech that every data regarding education in Nigeria was on the website and EDOREN worked with the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics and other stakeholders in mobilizing data.

He also asserted that the website provides a literature review of basic education in Nigeria and sorts out information according to states for easy accessibility.