1. Existing Capacities
Available structure for EMIS from Central to Schools
Reforms in MIS
Operational BEIS
Decisions linked to data
Empowerment and Accountability
Available skills for systems design and maintenance
Defined indicators for EFA formal basic education included in MIS

2. Challenges Data validity at all levels
Data retrieval (private schools)
Level of Analysis
Correlations with education outomes
Correlations with non-educational indicators (Health, nutrition, agriculture, etc.)
Investment projections and policy simulations
Coordination and subsequent integration with other sub-systems (education, human, materials and finance)

3. Coordination with middle-level & tertiary levels of education
Limitations of the existing MS-Excel-based program
Limited coverage of indicators to formal education
Need to include Non-Formal Education
Need to define lifeskills
Need to include family-community
Need to include special groups: children with special needs, indigenous people, etc.
Report preparation and dissemination
Website publishing

4. Report preparation and dissemination
Annual Reports
Statistical Bulletins
Policy Briefs
Education Papers
Etc…
Website publishing
Data analysis
Publications
Case Studies
Policy Dialogue

5. Strategies Skills Upgrading Continuing training for EMIS staff
Training/orientation of school heads (validity and data interpretation)
Expand number of staff with systems design/programming skills

6. Systems and Hardware Designs
Upgrade Excel application to RDBMS (Relational Database Management System)
Adopt UNESCO-NESIS model on “On-Line Analysis”

7. Networking and Collaboration
Within the country
Inter-agency linkages (such as Higher Education, Technical Vocational, Local Government Units, other Government and Non-Government Organizations)
With private sector software and hardware providers

8. Within the Asian Regions
Building a model like the Philippine BEIS
Conduct training on computer programming for statisticians of MOEs
On-the-job training at Philippine Department of Education, Office of Planning Service – Database Management Unit, Research and Statistics Division
Database Design
Programming
Maintenance of Database
Database Analysis

9. TERESITA D. FELIPE
OIC, Asst. Secretary – Planning
AIVAN LEO AMIT
Chief, Planning & Programming Division
DEOGRACIAS B. GENITO, JR.
Head, Database Management Unit, RSD-OPS
Mabuhay!