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Education Management Information System: What Is It and Why Do We Not Have More of It?
An Education Management Information System (EMIS) is a comprehensive system that bring together people, process, and technology to provide timely, cost effective, and user appropriate information to...
Efficiency and Effectiveness in Choosing and Using an EMIS Guidelines for Data Management and Functionality in Education Management Information Systems (EMIS)
This guide comprises two main sections: a 'Buyer’s Guide' that refers to the standards of functionality a system ought to have, and a 'User’s Guide' that refers to how to make better use of an EMIS...
Improving Student Learning Through Informed Decisions: The Role of Education Management Information Systems
Short article about the importance of an effective EMIS in education decision-making: Assessing the state of education in a country demands information about the inputs, resources, governance...
Development of an Education Management Information System (EMIS) in Namibia
The collection and compilation of national education statistics in pre-independence Namibia was a function of the central Division of Statistics, which co-operated closely with the central education...
Collecting Data on Child Disability Companion Technical Booklet.
The purpose of this booklet and the accompanying webinar is to assist UNICEF staff and partners to understand why data on disabled children are currently inadequate, the difficulties that surround the...
Education Management and Information Systems (SIGEDs) in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road to the Digital Transformation of Education Management
The Digital Education project of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) seeks to improve the efficiency of education management by examining how the daily processes it involves are carried out...
The role of education management information systems in supporting progress towards SDG 4: recent trends and international experiences
This publication highlights good practices and lessons learned in the implementation of EMIS strengthening initiatives, as presented by countries and organizations that participated in the 2018 EMIS...
From Compliance to Learning: A System for Harnessing the Power of Data in the State of Maryland
This report builds on a 2015 World Bank report that assessed education management information systems (EMIS) in the state of Maryland. That report uncovered a successful system, and this one expands...
An overview of key data sets in education in South Africa
This paper provides an overview of the various data sets pertaining to education in South Africa that are informing or could inform policy making in education. The paper serves as an inventory for...
Rethinking education management information systems: lessons from and options for less developed countries
Donors and planners often have unrealistic expectations about what can be achieved in a short time period and underestimate the challenges facing EMIS. Donors have often tended to assume that EMIS...
Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons and Challenges. Study prepared for the VIII Regional Policy Dialogue Meeting, Education Network, Inter-American Development Bank
This paper provides a brief review of the status of EMIS development in the Latin American and Caribbean Region. It includes: (i) a brief history of EMIS development efforts in the region; (ii) an...
Information tools for the preparation and monitoring of education plans
This is the fifth volume of the "Education Policies and Strategies" series launched by the Division of Educational Policies and Strategies of UNESCO. It a compendium of good professional practices...
A Digital Platform Ecosystem Approach to Education Management Information System Strengthening Background paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report
This paper outlines a digital platform ecosystem approach to Education Management Information System sustainability and innovation. The focus is on strengthening the resilience of nationwide...
Lessons Learned from World Bank Education Management Information System Operations: Portfolio Review, 1998-2014
Lessons Learned from World Bank Education Management Information System Operations provides an overview of the World Bank’s portfolio in the area of Education Management Information Systems (EMISs)...
Education management information system: A short case study of Nigeria (English). InfoDev working paper ; no. 5
At state level, a systematic approach to educational planning, supported by Education Management Information System (EMIS), is now developing with a clearer role for the federal government in the...
Education Management Information System Program (EMIS)and Related Activities: Final Program Report
"In 1999, Zambia’s Ministry of Education (MOE) launched its sector reform program, the Basic Education Sub-Sector Investment Program (BESSIP) for the period 1999–2006.
The main objectives for BESSIP...
School leaders and the implementation of education management information systems (EMIS) in the Bahamas: a case study of six principals
Case study: The tension between the leadership of technology and technology as a means of school improvement are still issues of debate. Researchers have argued that education management technology...
An Educational Management Information System to Support Institutional Planning at the University of Colima
Case study: This research work presents an Education Management Information System designed for the Department of Institutional Planning and Development at the University of Colima; this system allows...
Using National Education Management Information Systems to Make Local Service Improvements: The Case of Pakistan
Case study: Education management information systems (EMISs), usually located within the ministry of education, are tools that can help governments improve education system administration by providing...
Disability disaggregation of Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) in the Pacific: a review of system capacity
Pacific Island governments have to report against an increasing number and range of global and regional education indicators that require disability-disaggregated data for monitoring disability...
Success by Numbers How using Data can Unlock the Potential of South Africa's R-12 Public School System
This report highlights one of the most critical enablers of education performance for South Africa: the use of data to track and accelerate the achievement of improvement goals across the school...
2017 Status Report on Early Childhood Care and Education Pacific Island Countries
This report updates the status of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) framed by the five-component system specified in the ‘Pacific Guidelines for the...
Designing an Education Management Information System A case study on the introduction of a digital, mobile-to-web Education Management Information System in Zambia
This thesis is an exploratory, interpretive case study of Zambia’s first year of implementing a mobile to web EMIS, designed to overcome the many infrastructural challenges present in Zambia. The case...
Analysis of Indicators Used in USAID Education Projects in Crisis and Conflict Environments
"The following document provides an analysis of the indicators used in Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plans (PMEPs) from 25 USAID Education projects implemented in 16 countries between 2007 and...
Basic Education Sector Analysis Report - Uganda
"As the target year of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) approaches, non-traditional forms of aid modalities such as SWAps and general budget support are...
Education Management Information Systems and Children with Disabilities
"The purpose of this booklet and the accompanying webinar is to assist UNICEF staff and partners to incorporate information relevant for monitoring and evaluating the inclusiveness of school systems...
Syria Crisis Education Information Management (IM) Package November 2020 Revision
The IM Package emerged in the context of the Syria crisis with a view to harmonize monitoring and reporting processes among development and humanitarian partners through considering three main...
AU Outlook on Education Report Southern African development Community (SADC) 2014
This report assesses national, regional and continental progress in the key priority areas of the Plan of Action for Education in the Second Decade, for the Association for the Development of...
Monitoring Framework for the Regional Implementation Plan on Education and Training (2007-2015) in the Southern African Development Community Final
The SADC secretariat developed the Regional Implementation Plan on Education and Training (2007-2015) which is harmonised with the African Union Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education for...
Status Report on the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean
The main objective of the study is to analyze the current situation of the EMIS of TVET in Latin America and the Caribbean. To narrow the focus of the inquiry, we selected a representative sample of...
Education Management Information System (EMIS): Integrated Data and Information Systems and Their Implications in Educational Management
Successful management of today’s education systems requires effective policymaking and system monitoring through data and information. To this end, countries around the world have invested significant...
Strengthening Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crisis: country case study: Syria
"The ‘Strengthening Education Management and Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crises’ initiative responds to the need for accurate and relevant education data and...
Strengthening Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crisis: country case study: Chad
The ‘Strengthening Education management and Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crises’ initiative responds to the need for accurate and relevant education data...
Strengthening Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crisis: country case study: Uganda
The ‘Strengthening Education management and Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crises’ initiative responds to the need for accurate and relevant education data...
Strengthening Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crisis: country case study: Palestine
The ‘Strengthening Education management and Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crises’ initiative responds to the need for accurate and relevant education data...
Strengthening Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crisis: country case study: Ethopia
The "Strengthening Education management and Information Systems (EMIS) and Data for Increased Resilience to Crises" initiative responds to the need for accurate and relevant education data and...
People on the move and the use of EMIS in the planning and management of inclusive education policies: lessons learned and recommendations
In recent years, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been exposed to multiple crises simultaneously. These were the result of natural hazards, human mobility, and health, economic and...
Education Management Information Systems (EMIS): a guide for young managers
The objective of this training manual is to lay down the scope, structure, responsibilities of a management in an EMIS office in the ministry of education in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is intended for new...
Education Management Information System (EMIS): training manual
Education Management Information System (EMIS): training manual (available only in Lao language)