Major tasks of the Program Monitor

							Strengthening EMIS Capacity towards
     EFA Monitoring in Myanmar
       Organizational Structure of MOE

                              Ministry of Education
                                     (MOE)


           DHE                                              DBE
DMLC                   UHRC         DEPT                                    MERB   MBE
       (Lower/Upper)                                      (1)(2)(3)



                                   Teacher
                                                       State/Division
                                  Education
                                                      Education Offices
                                   Colleges


                                                          District/
                                                         Township
                                                       Education offices



                                 Practising
                                                           Schools
                                    Practising
                                                              Schools
                                                       (High/Middle/
                                   Schools                      Schools
                              (Middle Practicing
                                     Schools
                                      Primary)
                                                         (High/Middle/
                                                          Primary)
                                       Schools
                                (Middle Primary)
                                                            (High/Middle/
                                                             Primary)
                                 ( Primary/Middle))            Primary)
Routine Data Collection and Management
         Basic Education Sector

             DBE (1)
 • Central   DBE (2)
                             DEPT

             DBE (3)
                       SIS   Staff Database
 • States/Divisions
 • Townships
 • Schools
 Current Situation on Capacity Building
 Reviewing and revising data collection forms to
  reflect the long-term education development
  plan/EFA-NAP and training on data collection
 Orientation workshops on implementing EFA-NAP
  at central level stakeholders
 Training workshops for Central and sub-national
  level staff (Ad-hoc)
     Education Statistics,
     Computer Applications
     School Mapping
 Provision of IT facility to state/division offices
 Training on ICT in teacher training programmes
National Strategies of Capacity Building
 on Planning,Monitoring & Evaluation
 Development of EFA monitoring mechanism and
  tools for central and state/division levels
 Producing and analyzing national EFA indicators
  (for all levels)
 Conduct training of trainers for EMIS at Central
  and organize training workshops at different
  levels (Central to local)
 Strengthen the existing EMIS unit at central
  (DEPT) and also establish SIS unit in each state/
  division education office
National Strategies of Capacity Building
 on Planning,Monitoring & Evaluation
 Develop    integrated   database     with     other
  Ministries/Agencies to monitor EFA priorities
     ECCE – Ministry of Social Welfare, NGOs and
      INGOs
     NFE –Ministry of Religious Affairs,Ministry of
      Progress of Border Areas and National Races
      Development Affairs, NGOs and INGOs
 Include the School Record Management System in
  teacher training curriculum
               Challenges
Require more awareness of educational manager,
decision and policy makers on the importance of
data and information in their work
Emerging demand for reliable, accurate, up to
date and timely data / information by local and
international organizations
The current EMIS system is weak in the field of
technology and manpower
Absence of computerized data management
system at sub-national levels
Need to develop Decision Support System (DSS)
for real-time information to response the policy
needs
    Area need to be strengthened


Strengthening of existing EMIS unit at DEPT by
   Building in-house capacity on ICT and Statistics
   Improving network and coordination with Statistics
   sections at DBEs and State/Divisional education
   offices
   Providing relevant training at sub-national and local
   levels
      Training capacity needs for building efficient EMIS and DSS




 Training and
                                    Training in
                                   •Use of data and   Effective support
 Assistance in                                              For
                                    information
                                   •Decision making
                                    skills
•Improving EMIS
•Developing DSS          EMIS      •Participatory     Children's learning
                                                      Fair assessment
•Surveys and            With DSS    planning
                                                      Teacher deployment
                                   •Micro-planning
 statistical analysis                                 School inspection
                                    for TEO
•Establishing EMIS                                     and evaluation
                                   •School self-
 network with S/D                                     Resource allocation
                                    management
  Areas where country can contribute
   with good practice and expertise


In the area of design and development of SIS
with special focus on EFA planning,monitoring
and    evaluation    functions    (i.e   national
consultants from Institute of Economics , MERB)
 Collaborative activities for Regional
          Capacity Strategy
Hosting sub-regional and national workshops on
educational planning, monitoring
Participation in regional pilot projects on
education statistics and monitoring tools
especially in the area of EFA program
implementation
Participating in Regional Networks as an active
partner
Providing the required data/indicators for the
regional monitoring
  Formation of national team to support
         the Regional Network

For international coordination:
 Nominating provisional country PME team headed by
  the Deputy Director General of DEPT, with a senior
  officials from each of the DBEs (3), MERB
For national implementation:
 one senior       officer from each of the provisional
  education offices (17) as members (i.e PME team
  with 21 members), Director (planning) of DEPT to be
  assigned as coordinator and Deputy Director
  (statistics) will be assigned as liaison officer.