Anambra Begins Digital School Records Migration as Government Strengthens Free Education

Anambra State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming the education sector and ensuring that every child in the state has access to quality education without financial barriers.

The state government restated its commitment during a one-day event organised by the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) at its headquarters in Awka, the state capital, where free administrative statutory records were distributed to all basic education schools across the state.

Welcoming participants to the event, the ASUBEB Chairman, Dr. Justina Anyadiegwu, said the distribution marked a public declaration that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s free education policy was not merely a slogan or campaign promise but a programme being implemented across the state.

According to her, the free education programme remains one of the key pillars of the Soludo administration’s human capital development agenda.

Anyadiegwu also reiterated the governor’s zero-tolerance stance on corruption, warning that anyone found engaging in corrupt practices would face the consequences.

She recalled that under the state government’s free basic education policy, tuition and levies had been waived for pupils and students in public schools from nursery level to Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3).

 “It is a living, breathing revolution that is moving deliberately, systematically, and powerfully from policy to practice, from promise to performance,” she said.

The ASUBEB chairman added that the state had chosen to invest in the educational foundation of every child without placing financial burdens on parents

 “Under the transformative leadership of Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Anambra has chosen the harder but nobler path: to invest in the foundation of every child without asking the parent for a kobo. No levies. No charges. No hidden fees. Every school. Every child. That is the Soludo standard. That is the Soludo difference,” she stated.

Anyadiegwu further disclosed that ASUBEB had recently concluded an intensive leadership training programme for head teachers and officers-in-charge across the state on the proper use of digital registers and other modern administrative records.

She said the training was in response to the governor’s directive to move the state’s basic education system away from outdated manual record-keeping.

“This was not optional. This was a direct response to Mr Governor’s clear and firm mandate: that Anambra must leave behind the era of tattered, incomplete, and easily manipulated manual records,” she said.

According to her, the state will commence a total migration from manual to digital records from the next academic session.

She explained that the recent training represented the first major step towards achieving the transition, adding that capacity-building programmes would continue until all head teachers and officers-in-charge were fully equipped before the digital system takes off.

 “We will not leave any school behind. We will not leave any children behind. That is the Soludo promise, and ASUBEB will deliver it,” Anyadiegwu said.

She described the free registers, diaries and folders distributed to schools as more than ordinary stationery, noting that they would serve as instruments of accountability and transparency.

According to her, proper administrative records are essential to effective school management and quality education.

“They are the practical expression of a Governor who understands that quality education begins with proper administration,” she added.

The state government said the initiative is part of broader efforts to strengthen basic education administration, improve accountability and ensure that the benefits of its free education policy reach schools and learners across Anambra State.