Education Sector Reporting
What the records actually say about Nigerian schools
Varentis reads published education statistics term by term, state by state, and sets out findings that stay close to the source — with every figure traced back to where it came from.
36
states and FCT covered
4 yrs
of published records reviewed
210+
official sources catalogued
1,800+
subscribers following our terms
Our mission
A ledger, not a headline
Varentis exists because education statistics in Nigeria are often published, then rarely read. We take enrolment counts, staffing lists, facility audits, and examination results from official bodies, and set them side by side across terms so that patterns become visible instead of scattered.
- ✓Every figure carries a named, published source
- ✓Schools and agencies named in a report are invited to respond
- ✓Findings are written to stay within what the records support
- ✓Comparisons run across terms, not single snapshots
What we offer
Three ways to follow the record
Education Reporting Access
Monthly access to published reports, source panels, and school response blocks by state.
Learn more →School Data Plan
Structured datasets on enrolment, staffing, and facilities, with definitions and gaps stated plainly.
Learn more →Education Reporting Course
A three-week course on reading statistics, requesting records, and writing careful findings.
Learn more →Recent findings
From the desk
Enrolment
Reading the enrolment figures behind the headline numbers
A look at how published enrolment counts shift once state-level detail is added.
Staffing
What staffing registers show, term over term
Tracking teacher postings and vacancies across three terms of published data.
Examinations
Examination outcomes: what the published pass rates leave out
A closer read of how pass-rate figures are compiled and what they don't capture.
Why we work this way
Patience over speed
- ✓We wait for a full term of data before drawing a conclusion
- ✓We name our sources so readers can check our working
- ✓We give schools and agencies room to respond before publishing
- ✓We separate what the records show from what they don't
Follow a state's education record, one term at a time.
Start the conversationReaders tell us
Trusted by those who ask questions
"The change-over-time strips made it easy to see what was actually shifting in our local government's staffing, rather than guessing from one figure."
Ngozi Adeyefa
Secondary school administrator
"I used the course to learn how to request records properly. The workbook examples were all Nigerian, which made the process much clearer."
Tunde Balogun
Parent-teacher association member
"The school response block is a small thing that matters. It means a report isn't just one side of a story."
Halima Yerima
Education researcher
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