Last Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the third sub-cycle Educational Management and Information Systems – EMIS – for Social Justice, was launched, which closes the Cycle of Knowledge Mobilization and Community of Practice “Use of Evidence in Education” that started in 2023. The meeting brought together international experts and education officials from Central America and the Caribbean to discuss the challenges, experiences and advantages of the use of EMIS in education.
In his presentation, the representative from IDB listed the key factors of EMIS to track and protect trajectories, highlighting the importance of keeping these records ongoing until the student and the teacher complete their educational trajectory, as follows:
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Having a unique record for each student.
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Having a unique identifier for each position in the school
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Know the human resources: who they are and where they teach, support and supervise their students.
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Having a unique identifier for each building in the school systems.
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Having a unique identifier for each school.
Later, the representative of OECS spoke about the implementation of EMIS in the Caribbean region and some of the main challenges to be able to implement them, as follows:
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A financial cost too high to be assumed by the countries of the region.
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Infrastructure: access to devices, internet, electricity, technical capacity, etc.
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Lack of regional consensus and conflict of interest between countries.
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The need to address this issue collectively and mobilize resources to make it sustainable.
More information:
English: https://www.summaedu.org/launch-3rd-sub-cycle-emis/?lang=en
French: https://www.summaedu.org/troisieme-sous-cycle-sur-sige/?lang=fr
Spanish: https://www.summaedu.org/webinar-siged-2/
