Following a meeting on Wednesday at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) presided over by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, the Ministry of Education has introduced the new Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS). The web-based system's goal is to guarantee precise data availability for efficient planning and strategic decision-making in a range of educational domains.
Machogu claims that the Higher Education Management Information System (HEMIS), Technical Vocational Education Management Information System (TVET-MIS), and National Education Management System (NEMIS) will all have their data management streamlined and integrated under KEMIS. Comprehensive education data management is made possible by this integration, which extends from early grade levels to higher education.
Representatives from the Kenya Heads of Secondary Schools and Kenya Primary School Heads Association, as well as CEOs from state enterprises within the Ministry and Daniel Mugendi, Chairman of the Vice-Chancellor's Committee, were among the important players in attendance. The talks centered on making sure that KEMIS supports inclusive educational tracking by accommodating students at all educational levels, from pre-primary to university.
The Presidential Working Party on Educational Reforms suggested that KEMIS include provisions for exceptional circumstances, such as students without national identity cards or those older than 18, and that it be sufficiently comprehensive to include all students from basic education institutions.
In handling extraordinary circumstances, county directors of education will guarantee impartiality and correctness of data integrity.
In addition, the working group recommended that sanctions be put in place for data fabrication in order to preserve the legitimacy of the system. Machogu stressed the value of precise data in improving the creation of educational policies and the distribution of resources.
In summary, the implementation of KEMIS promises better planning and decision-making across the educational landscape and represents a major step toward improving education data management in Kenya.
Source (https://schoolupdates.co.ke/2024/07/07/ministry-of-education-introduces-new-kemis-for-all-educational-data/)