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Appendix 1 Examination of the Capacity of the Information System Purpose of the Study Report prepared by Dr. Snong Lohitwisas This study examines the existing information systems for financial planning, managing and administering educational programs for the Government. The work is part of the educational finance review component of the Technical Assistance activities conducted under the Asian Development Bank Social Sector Loan Program (ADBSSL). The purpose of this part of the review is to assess the system’s capacity to support and facilitate effective decision making and management in general, and in relation to the recommendations of the finance review. The assessment includes the capacity of the information system to support improved monitoring. The study describes the existing content and organization of current financial information systems, databases, and flow of financial information through various levels and units of educational system. It reviews the information system’s capacity and effectiveness, adequacy of computer systems and network infrastructure available for financial information at various levels, and identifies gaps and information needs for financial analysis and decision making. Relationship to the Finance Review The finance review, of which this study is a major part, is one of four technical assistance components under the ADBSSL. The finance review component examines public resources and expenditure for education, private expenditure on public schooling and private sector outlays on the private school system. The review includes recommendations and an action plan for improved resource allocation. The new constitution requires the government to provide 12-year free basic education and at the same time the national education budget has been cut and limited as a result of financial crisis of the country. It is therefore necessary to develop new mechanisms for identifying priority program expenditures and reforming the overall finance system support the qualitative and quantitative expansion of education. Because the review is intended to assist in responses to the financial crisis, the work is focused on crisis-related issues. These include the equity of public financial resource allocation for schooling as well as the efficiency of resource use. Equity and adequacy in the distribution of financial resources across the most relevant regions or student groups are taken into consideration. To achieve the goals of the finance system reforms and finance review recommendations an adequate finance information system is necessary. Such a management information system is needed to provide data that assists an organization in understanding daily operations in terms of both long-term and short-term goals. In general, any processed data that can assist organization in planning, managing, analyzing its activities and making decision can be management information. The specific finance information needs may vary from organization to organization, depending on its particular 114
mission and operations. The term “system” is not restricted to electronic or computer systems, but includes all the forms of media and communication that make financial and management information available to managers and policy makers. Financial education management and policy making involves the interaction of information authority, and a vision of organization. Educational information must be appropriate to the decisionmaking authority of educational policy makers and planners and relevant to the explicit and implicit goals they seek to achieve. In order to determine the capacity of the information system, characteristics of the appropriateness of the system should be identified are relevance, accuracy, timeliness, and sufficiency for decision making at various levels. Data Collection and Data Analysis The Government organizations directly responsible for providing basic education information and related policy decision organizations were included in the study. It was assumed that individual higher education institutions having information system capable of supporting their educational management operations were not included in the study. The organizations in the study were as follows: OPS: Office of Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education EMISC: Educational Management Information System Center, OPS, Ministry of Education DGE: Department of General Education, Ministry of Education DOF: Department of Fine Arts, Ministry of Education DOPE: Department of Physical Education, Ministry of Education DOVE: Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education DNFE: Department of Non-formal Education, Ministry of Education ONPEC: Office of National Primary Education Commission, Ministry of Education OPEC: Office of Private Education Commission, Ministry of Education RIT: Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Ministry of Education ORIC: Rajabhat Institutes, Ministry of Education BLEA: The Bureau of Local Education Administration, Dept. of Local Administration, Ministry of Interior BMA: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Ministry of Interior The data for this study were collected through document analysis and unstructured interviewing of responsible personnel in budget section, information section, budget follow-up, and finance administration sections. Document in any form of data reporting, annual statistical reports, and other related forms were collected during August and September 1998. Both formal and informal unstructured interviews were undertaken in September and October, 1998. The qualitative data analysis was used to describe the examination of the capacity of the information system resources, decision needs, capacities, computer system infrastructure and future trends to support improved monitoring system of each department and to summarize the overall picture of all organizations. The preliminary analysis results reported here provide the following descriptions of each organization and the overall basic education system: 115
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