This archive report was first published on 18 December 2019.
On December 18, 2019, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha directed all schools to ensure that details of their learners are captured under the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) platform.
Magoha announced this during the KCSE examination results in Nairobi, where he also highlighted the progress made in capturing schools and learners on the NEMIS system.
According to Magoha, a total of 9,112 public secondary schools and 3,915 private schools have been captured under the NEMIS system. Additionally, 3 million learners from public secondary schools and 112,032 from private secondary schools have enrolled in the system.
At the primary school level, 23,705 public primary schools have been enlisted in the platform data, with a combined 6.5 million primary school learners enrolled. Magoha encouraged parents and teachers to take advantage of the simplified system of issuing birth certificates.
The NEMIS system has also helped in administering the medical insurance scheme for secondary school students, popularly called EduAfya. The system is now critical since the entire Form One admission process is conducted through the platform.
Magoha stated that in January, the NEMIS system will capture daily real-time data on Form One reporting and enrolment. He also announced that the Ministry of ICT is upgrading the internet bandwidth from 1 GBPS to 10 GBPS, supported by the Government Common Core Network (GCCN), to enhance the capacity of NEMIS.
Furthermore, Magoha directed the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) to immediately put in place mechanisms to start placing the 2019 KCSE Examination candidates in the various courses they are qualified for.
