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.