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Ministry of Basic & Senior Secondary Education

One country, one record — live.

Official statistics on every school, every teacher, and every student in the Republic of Sierra Leone. Counted continuously from the national school management network — not once a year on paper.

20 Jul 2026 Last refresh
35 Active schools
1,589 Students enrolled
3/16 Districts
35
Schools
across 3 districts
1,589
Students enrolled
GPI 1.45 (F/M)
84
Teachers
PTR 18.9 (pupils per teacher)
1,576
NSIs Issued
National Student Identifiers
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Entry points into the national education dataset. Most surfaces launch in the coming weeks — the data behind them is already live.

About EMIS

One country, one record

The Education Management Information System is the Ministry's official source of truth for every school, student, and teacher in Sierra Leone. Unlike legacy systems that relied on annual paper census forms, EMIS reads live data directly from the school management network at gov.school.edu.sl.

Every admission, transfer, attendance mark, and exam result is reflected here within minutes. The National Student Identifier (NSI) gives every learner a single lifetime record that travels with them from nursery through university.

  • Real-time data — no annual paper census wait
  • Single national identifier (NSI) per learner, for life
  • Open machine-readable exports for researchers and partners
  • District & LGA drill-down for evidence-based planning
1,576
National Student Identifiers issued to date
642
Boys enrolled
933
Girls enrolled
1.45
Gender Parity Index