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Government to license, register private schools through EMIS

Government has urged schools to register their learners and teachers on the Education Management Information System (EMIS) ahead of plans to use it for licensing and registrations in 2025.

Speaking on behalf of the Permanent Secretary during the opening of a two-day EMIS sensitisation workshop for private schools and institutions in Kampala at Nakasero Primary School on October 2, Mr Robert Okedi, the commissioner for Education Planning in the Education ministry, revealed that about 50 percent of private schools were not utilising the system.

“As of September, 14,177 out of a total of 14,241 government schools in the country uploaded their learners on EMIS, indicating a response rate of more than 99 percent. On the contrary, only 31,464 out of a total of 61,572 private schools in the country have uploaded at least one learner on EMIS, indicating a response rate of 50 percent,” Dr Turyagyenda said in the speech.

She also noted that the number of learners in private schools uploaded on the system remains significantly low compared to that of government schools.

He revealed that a total of 10,638,144 learners in government schools have been uploaded on the EMIS compared to 2,952,062 learners in private schools.