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Strengthening data for better education systems

Tue, April 16, 3:15 to 4:45pm, Hyatt Regency, Floor: Pacific Concourse (Level -1), Pacific L

Group Submission Type: Formal Panel Session

Proposal

The development of national education systems in developing countries over the past decades has been accompanied by an increased need for information and data. This data underpins the development and implementation of robust national sector policies and plans, appropriate levels of sector management, and monitoring and evaluation.

The United Nation’s High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda called for a “data revolution for sustainable development” to improve the quality of available information, and take full advantage of new technologies and potential partnerships to monitor progress towards education-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG4). Accordingly, support at the global, regional and country level should translate into better coordinated support to Education Management Information Systems (EMIS). EMIS is defined as “a system for the collection, integration, processing, maintenance and dissemination of data and information to support decision-making, policy-analysis and formulation, planning, monitoring and management at all levels of an education system. It is a system of people, technology, models, methods, processes, procedures, rules and regulations that function together to provide education leaders, decision-makers and managers at all levels with a comprehensive, integrated set of relevant, reliable, unambiguous and timely data and information to support them in completion of their responsibilities” (UNESCO, 2008).

A robust EMIS is a prerequisite for effective and evidence-based education sector planning and policy dialogue and for national and global level reporting on progress towards individual country objectives, regional development frameworks, and SDG4 targets. A number of international development agencies are supporting the establishment of EMIS, through various modalities, at country, regional and global level. Under this framework, the “data revolution” should be advanced through a strengthened partnership and EMIS support should be delivered through coordinated strategies and programs.

This panel will engage a range of stakeholders to discuss the key challenges identified by developing country partners (particularly at the joint GPE-UNESCO EMIS conference held in Paris, April 2018), and how development partners can best collaborate/coordinate to best address these challenges.

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