THE IMPLIMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN HARARI PEOPLE REGIONAL STATE EDUCATION BUREAU, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

This purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation status, strategies, and challenges of Education Management Information System in Harari People Regional State Education Bureau. Convergent parallel design of mixed method research was used to address the objectives of the study. The quantitative data were collected through questionnaire from a total of 86 respondents in the regional education bureau taken through census while the qualitative data were collected from purposively selected 17 participants in the semi structured interview and 44 respondents out of the 88 who responded to open-ended-items included at the end of each questionnaire. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as Frequency, Percentage, Means, and Standard Deviation while the qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis and eight major themes emerged, then merged with the quantitative results. The findings of the study showed that the current status of the EMIS implementation in the education bureau is found to be average. The study also found out that the strategies being used in the implementation of EMIS in the regional education bureau are in a better condition. It was also uncovered that the implementation is entangled with a number of challenges. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that EMIS implementation in the region has a sound reputation though it is centralized in regional office. Hence, it can be recommended that the federal government and regional education bureau are supposed to support the implementation of EMIS.