1. Strengthening EMIS Capacity towards EFA Monitoring in Myanmar

2. Organizational Structure of MOE
Ministry of Education
(MOE)
DMLC
DHE
(Lower/Upper)
UHRC
DEPT
DBE
(1)(2)(3)
MERB
MBE
Teacher
Education
Colleges
State/Division
Education Offices
District/
Township
Education offices
Schools
(High/Middle/
Primary)
Practising
Schools
(Middle Primary)
Practicing
( Primary/Middle))

3. Routine Data Collection and Management Basic Education Sector
Central
States/Divisions
Townships
Schools
DBE (1)
DBE (2)
DBE (3)
DEPT
SIS
Staff Database

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Training capacity needs for building efficient EMIS and DSS
Training and
Assistance in
Improving EMIS
Developing DSS
Surveys and
statistical analysis
Establishing EMIS
network with S/D
EMIS
With DSS
Training in
Use of data and
information
Decision making
skills
Participatory
planning
Micro-planning
for TEO
School self-
management
Effective support
For
Children's learning
Fair assessment
Teacher deployment
School inspection
and evaluation
Resource allocation

10. 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)

11. 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

12. 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.

13. THANK YOU