An educational management information system (EMIS) is an institutional service unit producing, managing, and disseminating educational data and information, usually within national Ministry or Department of Education. An EMIS is a repository for data collection, processing, analyzing and reporting of educational information including schools, students, teachers and staff. The EMIS information is used by Ministries of Education, NGOs, researchers, donors and other education stakeholders for research; policy and planning; monitoring and evaluation; and decision making. EMIS information is specifically used to create indicators that monitor the performance of an education system and to manage the distribution and allocation of educational resources and services.
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Life cycle
The life cycle of EMIS information typically follows an annual process:
- Data collection - survey instrument design, distribution and collection of data from schools
- Data processing - organizing, processing, checking and cleaning of data
- Data analysis - aggregation, calculation and interpretation of data
- Data reporting - publication and dissemination of information
An EMIS is a key requirement for governments to monitor and evaluate their progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and Education For All targets.
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Modules
While EMIS platforms vary in size, scope and capability most systems include the following standard modules:
- Schools / Institutions
- Students / Pupils
- Teachers / Staff
- Classes and Grades
- Enrollments and Graduates
- Buildings and Infrastructure
- Textbooks and Resources
- Finances
EMIS and SIS
A Student Information System (SIS) is used to manage data in a single school whereas an Education Management Information System (EMIS) is used to manage data across multiple schools. A SIS is focused on student data whereas an EMIS is focused on all educational data including schools, students and staff. A SIS should track a student over multiple years and over multiple grades whereas an EMIS should track a student over multiple years, over multiple grades and over multiple schools using a single unique identification number. Data from a SIS is used to produce statistical reports for the school whereas data from an EMIS is used to produce statistical reports for a district, state or country.
Some examples of modules included in an EMIS but not included in an SIS:
- School Infrastructure including Buildings and Rooms, Utilities, Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH)
- Staff Qualifications and Training
- Student National Examinations
- Staff Positions and Employment
Examples
Prodigy is a web-based management system that caters multiple school location just from one platform.
A platform called OpenEMIS was conceived by UNESCO to be a royalty-free system that can be easily customized to meet the specific needs of member countries.
A commercial example of EMIS is GoSchool, a project developed in Argentina.
SudoSchool is a cloud-based management system that caters to school management, teachers, parents/students and alumni through its various web-based modules as well as mobile apps.
An open-source education management information system Project Fedena was implemented by the government of Kerala as Project Sampoorna,
Another commercial example of EMIS is Fedena,
See also
- Student information system
- UNESCO
References
External links
- Smart Academic System
- Official OpenEMIS site
- UNESCO
- Community Systems Foundation
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