The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has said the Federal Government would carry out a census of all schools in the country.

Speaking yesterday at a two-day capacity-building workshop for desk officers in the ministry, its departments, and agencies, Mamman said the data from the census would assist in tackling the challenges facing the sector.

The minister added that the school data would help the ministry to advise the state governments to move to do the right thing.

The Minister also decried the rate of learning crisis in the country saying a report submitted to him showed that some pupils found it difficult to identify numbers while many could neither read nor solve simple mathematical questions.