Supporting Education Management in Aruba
In late October 2022, Community Systems Foundation’s OpenEMIS Project Officer, Stephanie Betancourt traveled to Aruba to provide direct training to a team from the Department of Education Aruba (DEA). The OpenEMIS trainings aimed to strengthen the department’s ability to administer and use OpenEMIS.
A Deeper Insight into the Development Sector Through Community Systems Foundation
After finishing my first year of college, still trying to figure out my passion, I received a Posey Global Leadership Fellowship to volunteer at a hospital in Makeni, Sierra Leone.
OpenEMIS Guyana: Monitoring the Education Sector Plan
As the 2014-2018 National Education Sector Plan (ESP) comes to a close in Guyana, a comprehensive sector review is being conducted within the Ministry of Education (MoE) to draft the 2019-2023 plan and to address education sector challenges and needs. Several of these challenges include several staff members lacking the capacity to effectively collect data and monitoring progress of their ESP and a lack of technological equipment.
As a third year student at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Menna El Shiati first learned that nearly 8 out every 10 women in her country undergo female genital mutilation (FGM).
Looking Towards the Future of Human Development: A Blockchain Solution
On 10 November 2017, the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs met at Fordham University to hold the Humanitarian Blockchain Summit 2017.
OpenEMIS Maldives MEMIS Video Spotlight
Considering the Maldives are an archipelago of 1,192 coral islands with around 200 islands containing schools, historically it has been difficult for the country to create a central education system that caters to the needs of all learners. To unify the education system, and to collect, store and obtain significant information for decision-making and management, the Maldives began utilizing OpenEMIS.
Celebrating the EMIS Policy Launch in Amman, Jordan: A Step Closer to the Independent Operationalisation of OpenEMIS
Image Source: The Ministry of Education launches the policy of the Educational Information Management System On June 6, 2022 the Ministry of Education, Jordan launched the Education Management Information System (EMIS) Policy; a positive step towards achieving the goals outlined in the 2018-2025 Education Strategic Plan (ESP).
As Training Concludes, National Rollout out of OpenEMIS Begins
As highlighted in its Human Resource Development Strategy 2011-2016, the Barbados government seeks to create “a demand-driven education and training programme that incorporates…appropriate strategic measures to meet the needs of marginalized youth”.
Education Ministry launches MEMIS policy
Reblog: The Edition Maldives
Ministry of Education in joint efforts with Community Systems Foundation (CSF), a non-profit organization that works toward sustainable development of information technology in science and educational activities, has launched Maldives Educational Management Information Systems (MEMIS).
MEMIS was launched by state minister at the Education Ministry, Ahmed Shafeeu, during a ceremony held at Hotel Jen.