3. Adapting Education Management Information Systems to Support Inclusive Education

• In Event: Highlighted session: Inclusion and diversity in educational practices, policies, and systems

Proposal

Many countries are attempting to make their education systems more inclusive. Planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating these policies requires good quality data within a country’s Education Management Information System (EMIS). Most importantly, data must include both children’s functional difficulties, and information on the school environment such as infrastructure, materials, communication and teacher training. After a brief review of how EMISs around the world currently include disability, the chapter summarizes guidance in this area from UNICEF. A case study from Fiji is then presented which represents a current best practice in developing countries. The chapter concludes with recommendations for designing an inclusive EMIS.

Author

• Daniel Mont, Centre for Inclusive Policy