Education is one of the top priorities of the recently published Somalia National development plan (2017-2019). The National development plan (NDP) envisions some ambitious targets, including expansion of access to education, improving quality of education by increasing the number of teachers at primary and secondary levels, and development of the necessary policy and regulatory frameworks to support the education sector.
... See More + Data and information play a key role in supporting education development. As Cassidy notes, a well-functioning and comprehensive Education Management Information System (EMIS) encompasses 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. Given this, strengthening of the Somalia EMIS is a critical prerequisite for achieving the educational goals of the NDP. In developing strategies to strengthen EMIS in any country it is essential to start by analysing and building on what already exists, both to harness existing systems and capacity and to avoid unnecessary duplication of efforts and initiatives. Consequently, this report provides an overview of the status of EMIS in Somalia as a contribution to the recent initiatives of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) to strengthen EMIS in the country.
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Moldova’s public expenditures on education as a share of GDP and total public sector spending are higher than in most countries in the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
... See More + Moldova’s challenges to improve the quality and efficiency of education provision need to be addressed in a context of declining student numbers, and persistent inequities between population groups. This report identifies key challenges to the adequate delivery of pre-school and general education related to the decentralized governance mechanism. They relate both to the (de jure) regulatory framework that spells out the mandates of national and local level administrations and school management, and to (de facto) weaknesses in the implementation of these mandates. These challenges are summarized. The remainder of this section further describes the key challenges, and recommends policy directions and areas for further analysis to support evidence-based decision-making in the future. These recommendations are also summarized at the end of this chapter.
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The development objective of the Higher Education Improvement Project for Cambodia are to improve the quality, relevance and equity of education and research at targeted higher education institutions, improve governance in the sector, and to provide immediate and effective response in case of an eligible crisis or emergency.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are includes : (i) all students raised difficulty in finding place for living when they first come to Phnom Penh for their higher education; (ii) encourage private sector to invest in affordable housing around the university zone; (iii) difficult to adapt to the busy traffic, that they are not familiar with locations and road directions, that they were scared travelling along the congested roads, and did not like living in a congested and noisy living environment; (iv) lack of financial support is very critical as all students are from families that are poor or just above the poverty line; (v) all participated students said they have no or little English comprehension; (vi) the universities shall offer computer and IT training class providing basic knowledge of the use of computer and IT related knowledge for daily research work; (vii) there are complaints that the universities have insufficient facilities to support disabled students i.e. lift, ramp or visual equipment during teaching; (viii) provisions of modern and up-to-date laboratory and library with access to high-speed and stable internet will encourage students to spend more time on experiment and research to improve quality of education; and (ix) electricity is cut-off very often causing interruption during teaching and more seriously during the experiment work.
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The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) is a flagship program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems.
... See More + Part of the World Bank’s Education Sector Strategy, SABER uses diagnostic applications for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging global knowledge, the SABER applications fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER–Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) framework to analyzing the main information system currently used for data collection in Ukrainian pre-university education, the State Information System of Education (DISO). The objectives of this report are to examine the system according to key policy areas, identify successes and challenges in the system, and provide recommendations to support the continued advancement of EMIS in Ukraine. The information used in this analysis was collected by a local consultant during late 2016 and analyzed by World Bank staff in early 2017.
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