electricsheepafrica/africa-synth-education-attendance-logs-nigeria

⚠️ Synthetic dataset — Parameterized from published SSA literature, not real observations. Not suitable for empirical analysis or policy inference.

Nigeria - Attendance Logs

Dataset Description

Daily student attendance records with dates, status (present/absent/late), and reasons.

Dataset Information

• Country: Nigeria
• Dataset Name: attendance_logs
• Total Records: 100,000
• Total Columns: 6
• File Size: 1.08 MB
• Format: Parquet (full data), CSV (sample)
• Generated: 2025-10-21T23:15:57.618218

Schema

Column	Data Type	Description
attendance_id	object	Attendance Id
student_id	object	Student Id
enrollment_id	object	Enrollment Id
date	datetime64[ns]	Date
status	object	Status
country	object	Country

Sample Data

The dataset includes a 10,000-row sample in CSV format for quick exploration.

Data Quality

• Validation Status: ✅ Passed
• Missing Data: ~2-5% (realistic pattern)
• Data Type Enforcement: Strict
• Cross-Dataset Consistency: Maintained

Dependencies

• student_profiles
• enrollment_registration

Usage Example

Python (Pandas)

import pandas as pd

# Load full dataset
df = pd.read_parquet('attendance_logs_full.parquet')
print(f"Loaded {len(df):,} records")
print(df.head())

# Load sample
df_sample = pd.read_csv('attendance_logs_sample.csv')
print(df_sample.describe())

Python (Hugging Face Datasets)

from datasets import load_dataset

# Load from Hugging Face
dataset = load_dataset('nigeria-education-attendance_logs')
df = dataset['train'].to_pandas()

Data Generation

This dataset was generated using statistical distributions based on:

• UNICEF education statistics for Nigeria
• World Bank development indicators
• Nigerian Ministry of Education data
• Realistic probability distributions

Note: This is synthetic data generated for research and testing purposes.

Related Datasets

This dataset is part of the Nigeria Education Datasets Collection (45 datasets total).

Browse the full collection: Nigeria Education Datasets

Citation

@dataset{nigeria_attendance_logs_2025,
  title={Nigeria Education Dataset: Attendance Logs},
  author={[Your Name/Organization]},
  year={2025},
  publisher={Hugging Face},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/nigeria-education-attendance_logs}
}

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Part of: Nigeria Education Datasets Collection
Total Datasets: 45
Country: Nigeria 🇳🇬