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SEMIS: A holistic solution for student, staff and school management

The SEMIS app supports countries to improve education planning and delivery with a specially designed suite of tools for individual-level student and staff data

Colombo | DHIS2 for Education Conference & Academy 2024

The 2024 DHIS2 EMIS Conference and Academy took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 6-10 May, and was attended by around 100 national and international participants.

EMIS Master Program kicks off in The Gambia

The Gambia and the University of Oslo have agreed to design a demand-driven master’s degree program in EMIS.

GPE KIX offers extension to HISP project

The upcoming extension will expand the project’s reach to Sierra Leone, Eswatini, and Mozambique, further enhancing data-driven education and fostering international collaboration across the region.

Entebbe | DHIS2 for Education Conference & Academy 2023

155 participants from 18 countries attended the Entebbe DHIS2 for Education Conference and Academy (21-25 August), hosted by the Basic Education Department Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda, HISP Uganda, Save the Children Uganda and the University of Oslo.

Workshop: Data analysis and use in the education sector

Saudigitus (HISP Mozambique) has conducted a workshop on data use and analysis in the education sector, in collaboration with regional partners and Mozambique’s Ministry of Education and Human Development.

Focal point training marks the expansion of the EMIS project to Nampula province

As part of the ongoing Education Management Information System (EMIS) project, Saudigitus (HISP Mozambique) conducted data-entry training on August 25th in the city of Nampula, Mozambique.

Uganda Knowledge and Innovation (KIX) Dialogue on Learners with Disabilities

In April 2023, HISP Uganda attended the Knowledge and Innovation (KIX) Dialogue on Leaners with Disabilities hosted by the Ministry of Education Special Needs Department with support from UNICEF ESAARO and UNESCO.

Third Annual KIX Symposium – DHIS2 panel on data systems & data use

Dr. Terje Aksel Sanner, Associate Professor, Institute of Informatics at the University of Oslo, and Alpha Bah, Head of Education Management Information Systems and Information and Communications Technology Units, Planning Policy Analysis and Budgeting Directorate at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education of The Gambia, provided insight into how a KIX-supported project on data use innovations is helping countries build more robust data systems and leverage data into improved education policy and practice.

Talking all things education data at the ADEA Triennale 2022

On October 19-21, DHIS2 for Education attended the ADEA Triennale on Education and Training; one of Africa’s seminal high-level forums for political dialogue and knowledge exchange.

DHIS2 for Education Academy, The Gambia

The first DHIS2 for Education Academy was held in Banjul, The Gambia, co-hosted by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia and the University of Oslo, April 25-29, 2022.