Increasing transparency through education management information systems

Policy-makers and administrators have used education management information systems (EMISs) for decades to improve national-level education planning and management. More recently, EMIS efforts have become more complex under external pressure from donor countries, which are asking governments, the major implementers of EMIS schemes, to demonstrate value for money and transparency — a by-product of harmonising policies in order to reach global education goals. ² While the following provides examples of how EMISs are being used to increase transparency in education and target acts related to corruption, further research is needed to understand how this approach can be improved and used more broadly, and how its impact can be maximized.