Education Management Information System for refugee children
UNHCR Malaysia
In Malaysia, UNHCR has used OpenEMIS since 2012 to track the education of refugee children.
Malaysia is home to a large and growing population of refugees and asylum-seekers, including around 20,000 school-aged children. UNHCR estimates that over 70% of these are not enrolled in any kind of education sites, deprived of their fundamental right to a formal education.
To protect refugee children and support them in their need for an education, UNHCR Malaysia has leveraged the OpenEMIS platform to track the education opportunities being accessed by refugee children, and get out-of-school children into the classroom. Since the project’s implementation, data has been gathered and analyzed on approximately 48,000 refugee children and 800 educational staff members across 152 education sites. The Community Systems Foundation has been a technical partner since the project’s implementation, and continues to provide cloud hosting and support services for the system.
To protect refugee children and support them in their need for an education, UNHCR Malaysia has leveraged the OpenEMIS platform to track the education opportunities being accessed by refugee children, and get out-of-school children into the classroom. Since the project’s implementation, data has been gathered and analyzed on approximately 48,000 refugee children and 800 educational staff members across 152 education sites. The Community Systems Foundation has been a technical partner since the project’s implementation, and continues to provide cloud hosting and support services for the system.