School Priorities - SNV

Information Management
utilised the attendance data to demand an equitable portion of the education budget
from the district council. Rakai District established a list of current staff to identify ghost
teachers, irregularly-hired teachers and absentee teachers with the Chief Administrative
Officer (CAO) instituting a probe that led to the
firing of 14 teachers. However, in Bundibugyo, the
story has been different, with the district unable
to continue collecting and analysis data once SNV
and LINK’s involvement ended. The Bundibugyo
District Education Officer (DEO) testified to the
district’s persistent challenges, saying, “There is a
lack of computer skills at the district; many of the
officers cannot use the computer, so they may not be
able to retrieve data when required.”
Still, the intervention has gone some way toward
making data more available, says the Nebbi
District Inspector of Schools: “The Ministry
takes time to produce that statistical booklet of
school information. In any case, with this DEMIS
development, I do not mind not receiving that
booklet now.”
Some districts were unable to continue collecting and
analysing data after the SNV intervention.
For more information, contact
Mr. Esau Nshabirwe, District Education Officer, Bundibugyo
Mr. Semugabi John Bosco, District Education Officer, Rakai
Mr. Nicholas Tembo, District Education Officer, Arua
Mr. Stanislas Ogen, District Education Officer, Nebbi
Lessons learnt
SNV does not usually supply equipment as part of its interventions. Providing computers to the
districts proved to be ill-advised for those districts starting without even simple manual information
systems. Districts must first appreciate the need for an organised system of collecting, analysing and
storing their information before they are introduced to an automated system.
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