The Rivers State Ministry of Education has announced an extension of the deadline for the 2025/2026 Annual School Census data upload exercise on the Digitized Nigeria Education Management Information System (DNEMIS) portal to Saturday, November 14, 2026.
The extension, approved by the Federal Ministry of Education, is aimed at giving private schools additional time to complete the mandatory data upload exercise.
In a notice issued on Friday, November 6, and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mina Tele-Ikuru, on behalf of the Honourable Commissioner, all proprietors and heads of private schools in the state were directed to take advantage of the extended deadline.
To facilitate the exercise, the Ministry has established a Data Upload Support Centre at Government Girls’ Secondary School, Rumuokuta, Port Harcourt. The centre will operate from Friday, November 6, to Saturday, November 14, 2026, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily, except Sundays.
The Ministry specifically urged all approved private schools that have been assigned DNEMIS codes to ensure the completion of their school census data uploads within the stipulated period.
It warned that compliance with the directive is mandatory, stressing that completion of the school census exercise will be a prerequisite for the registration of candidates for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE).
The Ministry therefore called on concerned school proprietors and administrators to utilise the extension and the support centre to avoid challenges associated with missing the deadline.
