Writing My Essay on Education Management Information Systems

In the field of education, the combination of information systems and education management is called as education management information systems (EMIS) – a system for data collection, storage, retrieval, processing and dissemination that is particularly built for use by education administrators and managers in planning and administering the formal education system in particular country, community or location. As a second year university student taking up an undergraduate degree in education, we were assigned to an essay on information systems and education management that we would write and complete within two weeks. So I decided to focus my topic on EMIS and its importance for the education system of the country.

I researched and studied books and various other materials about education management information systems. I learned many things about EMIS and I decided to focus my topic on the importance of EMIS for the formal education system. In my essay, I mentioned that the importance of EMIS is related to its purpose and on how it could improve the education system in the country. I first mentioned that a comprehensive EMIS could contribute in improving the state funded education system because the educational institutions at all levels that have the systems for collecting, integrating, processing, maintaining and disseminating data and information would be able to have an improved system for their decision making and policy analysis.

In my essay, I also mentioned that the primary purpose of the education management information systems included: improving the integrity and quality of data and information; systematizing the identification, collection, evaluation,
processing, generation, and dissemination of data; strengthening of the ability of the institution in managing, planning and controlling the flow of information in and outside the organisation; producing updated bulletins, brochures, status reports, and other statistical information for management activities and functions; and providing the mechanisms for meeting the increased demand for data and information materials.