The Anambra State Government has directed all public, mission and private primary and secondary schools in the state to round up and submit their 2025/2026 Annual School Census data latest Sept. 24, 2026.

The directive was contained in a statement issued and signed Tuesday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr Ifeoma Agbaizu, on behalf of the Commissioner for Education.

The directive according to Agbaizu followed a requirement by the Federal Ministry of Education for schools to upload their Annual School Census data through the DNEMIS/DHIS2 platform.

It noted that school-level training had already been conducted for public and private schools across the state to facilitate the submission of the required data.

All public, mission and private primary and secondary schools, including approved and unapproved private schools, were required to participate in the exercise, the directive noted.

The permanent Secretary urged heads of schools, operators to provide accurate and complete information, carefully verify all entries and ensure successful submission within the stipulated deadline.

The permanent secretary also directed school authorities to ensure that no school under their supervision was excluded from the exercise.

Agbaizu stressed that participation in the census was mandatory and should be treated as a priority by all affected schools.

She warned that failure to comply with the directive within the stipulated deadline would attract severe sanctions or penalties.

She therefore urged all affected schools to commence immediate action to ensure full and timely compliance with the directive.