Volume II - DISE

For the last several years, NUEPA has been actively involved in strengthening Educational Management
Information System (EMIS) in the country. The year 2008-09 District Elementary Education Report Cards are
based on the data received from 1.29 million schools spread over 633 districts from across the country. The study
of this magnitude cannot be completed without the active involvement and participation of the EMIS professionals
at the national and sub-national levels. The state level MIS Coordinators, district level Programmers & Data
Entry Operators, and BRC & CRC Coordinators worked for long hours to make sure that the data becomes
available at the right time.
Ms Anshu Vaish, Secretary in the Department of School Education and Literacy, MHRD and his team has
always been a source of great inspiration. In particular, I am thankful to Ms Anita Kaul, Additional Secretary and
Shri P. K. Tiwari, Director for playing crucial role in facilitating the implementation of DISE in various states.
I am thankful to Prof R. Govinda, Vice-Chancellor, NUEPA, for his guidance and encouragement and my faculty
colleagues for their consistent support. I take this opportunity to thank UNICEF, Delhi for consistently supporting
EMIS activities ever since the inception of DISE.
Special thanks are due to Shri Shalender Sharma, Chief Consultant, Technical Support Group, MHRD for designing
and Ms Shakun Sethi for facilitating the preparation of District Report Cards. The contribution of Shri Naveen
Bhatia, Computer Programmer, in database management & software development is gratefully acknowledged. I
am also thankful to Ms Aseela M for her able assistance and colleagues in the publication unit, especially Shri
Pramod Rawat and Ms Sheeja Biju, for timely bringing out the publication.
Suggestions for improvement are most welcome.
Arun C. Mehta
arunmehta@nuepa.org