EMIS Media Chat

EMIS Media Chat

MEDIA CHAT 

The Rivers State Ministry of Education has in the last four (4) years embarked on various infrastructural and organizational reforms. With the massive support of His Excellency, our schools are wearing new looks, our teachers are motivated, and ICT has been introduced to give the proper organizational structure required to improve the quality of education service delivery in the State.

We are amongst the pioneer states in the country embarking on such a massive data project as Rivers State Education Management Information System (RivEMIS). This project ensures conformance to best practices, easy administration and management, evaluation/monitoring of level of compliance to policies and regulations in the education sector.

To give meaningful direction to all these, we have developed a new minimum requirement document for all schools in the state. This is available online at rivemis.riversstate.gov.ng. It contains all the requirements that must be met before a school can be duly approved to operate in the state.

Furthermore, our educational portal, RivEMIS now stands as the main interface between us, the public and schools operating in the state (both public and private).

 

RIVEMIS OBJECTIVE

RIVEMIS is a One-stop-shop for Education Management and Administration in Rivers state initiated to improve the quality of education service delivery.

 

TARGET SCHOOLS/INSTITUTIONS

1) Nursery Schools

2) Primary Schools

3) Junior Secondary Schools

4) Senior Secondary Schools

5) Extra-Moral Classes

6) A‘ Level Schools

7) Vocational/Technical Schools

 

TARGET USERS

1) School Administrators

• Private School owners
• Principals/ Head teachers
• Policy makers/Regulators

▪ RSUBEB

▪ RSSSB

▪ RSMOE

2) Teachers

3) Pupils/Students

4) Parents

5) Alumni

6) Citizens

 

FEATURES

1. a) School Registration

• Application for new schools
• Approval process
• Renewal process
• Upgrade process

1. b) Staff/Student enrolment (Administrative)

• Staff enrolment/upload of staff records
• Student enrolment/upload of student records

1. c) Student ( Academic Records)

• Continuous Assessment
• Examinations/ Results
• Certification Exams

1. d) Examination (BECE, etc.) Registration

• BECE
• State-wide Mock
• NECO/WAEC

1. e) Payments for Various Activities

• Bank Branch
• Bank Transfer
• Debit Cards

1. f) Quality Assurance/School facility Inspection
2. g) School search, rating
3. h) Complaint/ Reporting Interface
4. i) Advertorial/ school Visibility

• Advertisements
• Feature schools

1. j) Reports/Analysis
2. k) Notifications/Communications
3. l) Support/Administration
4. m) Placement/Transfer Certificate

• JSS1
• SSS1

1. n) School calendar
2. o) Approved books

 

REGISTRATION Some of the activities involved in BECE registration and examination includes but not limited to:

S/N	ACTIVITY		TIMELINES
1	Upload the list of JSS3 Students		Ends 14th of April, 2019
2	Register for the BECE		Jan – 14th April 2019
3	Make their payments for BECE registration		Ends 14th April 2019
4	Upload their photos for exam photo album		Ends 14th April 2019
5	Upload their CA for certificate/result computation		Ends 30th April, 2019
6	Downloading photo Album		30th April 2019
7	Downloading Mark and Attendance sheet		1st May 2019
8	Printing of examination papers		April – 10th May 2019
9	Scheduling		May 2019
10	Examinations		13th – 23rd May 2019
11	Supervision		13th – 23rd May 2019
12	Marking result imputation		13th May – 13th Jun 2019
13	Result computation		July 2019
14	Moderation		July 2019
15	Result Publication		August 2019
Resit registration and exams		August – September 2019
16	Certificate Printing		August – September 2019
17	Certificate Issuance		August – September 2019

 

CERTIFICATE PRINTING AND ISSUANCE FOR BECE

Since the inception of BECE in 2008/2009 session, candidates have not been issued their certificates. However, the current administration has taken necessary approaches such as result migration (of 2008/2009 – 2017/2018 BECE results) to ensure that all certificates are available and ready for issuance to past and current candidates. The schedule for BECE certificate issuance and printing is as follows:

 

S/N	YEAR OF BECE EXAM	CERTIFICATE PRINTING START DATE
1	2017/2018	15th April, 2019.
2	2016/2017	31st May, 2019.
3	2015/2016	31st May, 2019.
4	2014/2015	31st May, 2019.
5	2013/2014	July 2019
6	2012/2013	July 2019
7	2011/2012	July 2019
8	2010/2011	July 2019
9	2009/2010	July 2019
10	2008/2009	July 2019

 

 

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR EXAM REGISTRATION

For effective communication as regards exams registration, various channels would be engaged to ensure real-time updates and dissemination of information.

• Dedicated Call/Support lines to send information across to schools.
• Use of SMS.
• Newsletter via e-mails.
• Advertisements (photos & videos), jingles and announcements.
• Live chats (Whatsapp, Facebook, Webchat)
• On Facebook, twitter and histogram our handle is @riversemis

 

SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY

The Ministry in partnership with the ICT department will be making available an EMIS SchoolBox which contains the following:

• A laptop
• Data bundle for the year
• Solar panel + Inverter
• Technical support

 

This provides every school with the minimum required tool to use the RivEMiS platform. With an affordable monthly subscription, both public and private schools can fulfil their role to comply with the various policies of Government in the State.

To adequately support all of these and many more services, the Ministry is upgrading its ICT infrastructure with the help of the State ICT department to ensure that there are hiccups on the way.

We are hopeful that all these and many more would have been setup before September 2019.