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Teachers Request Education Ministry to Extend NEMIS Learner Registration Deadline

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Teachers Request Education Ministry to Extend NEMIS Learner Registration Deadline

Teachers nationwide are now urging the Ministry of Education to postpone the deadline for student registration in the National Education Management Information System (Nemis).

They stated that this is caused by the system’s continuous malfunctions. Many of the institutions were unable to fulfill the deadline, which passed at midnight on Easter Monday, because of continuing IT issues.

It has also brought together the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (Kepsha) members, who are all voicing their displeasure with the “inept” Nemis portal, which has frequently “experienced downtime in the last two weeks.”

Many headteachers neglected to provide any information when the system crashed or didn’t load repeatedly, according to Fuad Ali, Kepsha’s national chairman.

Because the majority of its data is used to inform capitation funding for the upcoming school term, that system still requires immediate improvement.

The government will underfund many schools if they do not register.

He urged the ministry to allow the schools an additional day or two to complete the registration procedure.

It is scheduled to take the place of Nemis, which has been digitizing information in the nation’s public and private primary schools since 2017. Nemis assigns each student a unique personal identifier to monitor their academic progress.

However, this has caused inefficiency in the system due to access problems and delays in providing headteachers with login credentials.

Cohin Oyuu, the Knut Secretary General, reiterated the calls for an extension, arguing that the technical issues should not prevent learners from being enrolled.

He cautioned that children would be denied access to educational resources and financial aid if they were not listed in the Nemis database.

For young children, whose parents lack copies of their birth certificates—a crucial component in creating a UPI—this poses a challenge during the registration procedure.

This is quite typical in youngsters who are surrendered to be brought up by grandparents or guardians.

During a recent visit to Bomet County, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogambo stressed that planning and resource distribution would heavily depend on the data produced by Nemis.

Numerous instructors are finding that the flaws in Nemis are a major source of frustration. It would likely be necessary for the ministry to go there right away.

Schools’ portal Nemis replaced by Kemis

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Schools’ portal Nemis replaced by Kemis

A multi-agency team tasked with consolidating existing registers for all students in schools, ranging from foundation learning to university level, to a single database was unveiled today.

The team, which brings together State agencies led by the Ministry of Education, development partners, technology providers and other stakeholders, will set up the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS) to replace the current NEMIS which has been criticised for inefficiencies.

Basic Education PS Prof Julius Bitok said the piloting of KEMIS will be launched in July this year ahead of full transitioning in September.

He explained that the envisaged KEMIS will create an integrated database that will be relied upon to guide education planning and the allocation of relevant resources.

Parents and other stakeholders will also be able to access KEMIS through a mobile phone based application.

“The rollout of KEMIS marks a critical milestone in ensuring that data-driven decision making becomes the cornerstone of education planning and service delivery in Kenya.”

He said KEMIS will also make it impossible to manipulate capitation amounts by registering ghost schools and inflating school populations.

“By consolidating all learner data, from ECDE to higher education, into one platform, the system will enhance accuracy, transparency, and accessibility. It will ensure the government has the right statistics on every school to inform the distribution of teachers, capitation, books and other resources.”

KEMIS will address longstanding challenges in separate registration databases for education levels: Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE), basic education, TIVETS and universities. It will also consolidate and store data for students, teachers, and institutions.

It will also address emerging issues such as data security and privacy and provide a platform for real-time access to data, enabling monitoring, evaluation and analytics on education transitions and other variables.

Immigration and Citizen Services PS Dr. Belio Kipsang said KEMIS will also be integrated with the births and deaths register through the Civil Registration Services and the National Registration Bureau to provide a unique personal number for every learner.

“Under the Maisha ecosystem, we will provide a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) to every newborn, which will also be used by KEMIS. In the event of death, the UPI will be the death certificate number. This will help us with accurate data on inevitable transitions.”

Members of Parliament, led by Education Committee Chairman Julius Melly, stated that KEMIS will be a useful platform for guiding budget estimates.

“Whoever has accurate data is well placed to make appropriate decisions on budget allocation. We shall support the Ministry’s legislative agenda in Parliament to ensure this transformative system is fully backed by law.”

The statement comes in the wake of uproar by MPs following massive slashing of the Education budget by the National Treasury resulting in zero allocations for national exams and KEMIS. Besides the Tinderet MP, Mary Emaase (Teso South), Phyilis Bartoo (Moiben) and Joseph Makilap (Baringo North) also witnessed the unveiling of the 15-member team.

Also present was ICT PS Eng. John Tanui, whose Department will play a key role through the Konza Technopolis Development Authority and teachers’ union representatives led by KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu.