AMMAN — The Technical Support Project for the Educational Information Management System (OpenEMIS) was launched by Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah on Wednesday, along with the Ambassador of the European Union to Jordan Maria Hadjitheodosiou and UNESCO Representative to Jordan Min Jeong Kim.
Through an EU contribution of one million euros, the Ministry of Education, the EU and UNESCO have united in support of implementing the educational information management system policy launched by the ministry last June.
This partnership focuses on developing the OpenEMIS system to improve the quality, accuracy and utilisation of data, particularly data related to refugees, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Mahafzah praised the high level of partnership between the ministry, the EU and UNESCO, expressing his appreciation for the support provided to the ministry through this partnership and its role in developing and improving the educational process.
The minister also emphasised the importance of building the capacity of OpenEMIS users in schools, educational directorates and the ministry so that they can employ data in decision-making processes and provide electronic technical support to address problems detected by the system's services.
He also highlighted the ministry's keenness to build the capacity of centre personnel on the sustainability and management of system services. The ministry plans to include the Kingdom’s 7,400 schools under the new service, including public, private, military and UNRWA schools, Mahafzah said.
The system is hosted on cloud computing servers to ensure efficiency, speed of access and integration with e-government services, he noted.
Hadjitheodosiou stated that the support provided to Jordan’s education sector remains a top priority for the EU, not only because education is a basic human right, but because it is a cornerstone for economic development.