School Priorities - SNV

Information Management
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Everyone needed decentralised data. Link installed software and trained district workers in data entry.
In 2008, however, SNV saw that with
its support, a decentralised Education
Management Information System (DEMIS)
could work. Essentially DEMIS would
be a database to inform districts’ primary
education budgeting, planning, monitoring
and evaluations at school, subcounty and
district levels. For SNV, DEMIS has two
broad functions. First, it is an internal
management tool for local governments.
The rich data that the annual census holds
can only be unlocked when computed.
In practice, DLGs conduct minimal data
analysis—usually little more than enrolment
figures—because doing an in-depth analysis
of hundreds of census forms by hand is
simply too big of a job. However, once
the data is entered in a computer, DEMIS
can support management and governance
with a few clicks of the mouse. Second, it
increases the accountability of those local
governments. Once data is entered it will
become easier for DLGs to inform citizens,
their representing organisations, or the local
media with real figures—although DLGs
must also change their attitudes to become
more open to sharing information.
Link and SNV rolled out DEMIS in four
districts: Bundibugyo, Rakai, Nebbi and
Arua. Link provided the technical expertise
as SNV designed, monitored and evaluated
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