Reflections on a very real, very virtual year
The global pandemic has created unprecedented challenges in the international development sector.
Many countries now face greater risks than ever in the realization of sustainable development goals by 2030.
A more immediate challenge in development programming have been the limitations in direct face-to-face interaction with project counterparts and stakeholders at key moments of implementation. This includes project…
Strengthening India’s Education Data Dissemination through Visualization Tools on U-DISE and NAS
With 377,222,017 students in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in 2018, nearly one-third of India’s total population is attending education institutions below the university level. [1]. The number of Indian school children is larger than the entire population United States - the third largest country in the world.
Given this, it is critical to understand and address the…
Increased Analysis Capacity: A Key Driver in Educational Policy Reform
Education planners and data analysts in the Maldives are seeking to deliver high quality education through data analytics. From 15 July to 2 August 2018, 12 participants gathered in Male’ City for the Maldives Education Management Information System (MEMIS) Analyst Trainings. Trainings were held…
Monitoring System Coming for Students
Technology is coming to monitor the academic progress of all primary and secondary school students, the Ministry of Education has announced.“
Government has just rolled out an educational management information system which will allow for the monitoring of key performance and behavioural indicators, and all IT coordinators in our schools have been trained to monitor it,” said Acting Minister of Education Senator Lucille Moe. She was…
OpenEMIS in the Caribbean and Beyond: A Spotlight on Stephanie Betancourt, OpenEMIS Project Officer
From her home in Belize and through her travels across the world, Stephanie Betancourt has supported the growing OpenEMIS community around the world. And through that experience and her growing expertise, she has become a vital part of the Community Systems Foundation (CSF) delivery team.
Before joining CSF in 2016, Stephanie worked with a youth organization that provided…
Leveraging OpenEMIS Survey to Collect, Manage and Disseminate Education Data in Lesotho
To meet the goals of the 2016-2026 Education Sector Plan (ESP), the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) Lesotho is embarking on new initiatives to improve nationwide EMIS capabilities to drive evidence-based change in the education sector.
To track individual learners and their teachers at the school and aggregating this data into meaningful statistics at the regional and national…
BEMIS Advanced Lab Trainings: Paving the Way for National Roll-Out of OpenEMIS
Travelling over 10,000 miles, Officials from the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture (MoEYSC) Belize traveled to Singapore to attend an OpenEMIS Advanced Lab Trainings in mid-November. As the culmination of a successful three year project, four key counterparts from…
Understanding Data, Contributing to Development and Making a Difference: My CSF Experience
Having the dream of working in human development since participating in Model United Nations as a first-year student in university, it seems almost unreal that six months after graduating I have already contributed to projects led by UNESCO, UN Free & Equal (UNFE) and the World Health Organization (WHO), among others.
In part, this is directly related to the topic of my internship…
Supporting Back-to-school Efforts with the OpenEMIS Health and Vaccinations Module
As an active member of the Global Education Coalition, CSF is pleased announce the release of OpenEMIS Health and Vaccinations module - a software solution designed to support the safe, healthy and efficient reopening of centers of learning worldwide.
To learn more about the OpenEMIS Health and Vaccinations module, please visit the OpenEMIS…