CM launches School Management Info System
Jammu Tawi, December 30: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today launched a comprehensive IT-enabled School Management Information System (SMIS) developed by the Education Department in collaboration with several agencies like NIELIT, ISRO, Digital India and MHRD etc.
SMIS provides a complete database of all the schools spread across the State including staff strength, student-teacher ratio and other components.
The Chief Minister also launched a Unified Data Information System for Education (U-DISE) which details the enrolments and pupil teacher ratios from school-to-school.
She also inaugurated the GIS mapping of schools as well. Under this initiative, the geographical locations and 3D structural aspects of the schools in the State have been distinctly marked. It also details the school infrastructure and schools cluster structure zone wise in a district. As many as 28,000 schools are being taken up under GIS mapping in the State.
The Chief Minister also launched an online portal – Vocational Monitoring Details – for monitoring the implementation of various vocational courses in the State. To address the critical infrastructure gap and ensure time management, the Chief Minister also formally launched e-Office for online routing of files in the School Education Department in the Civil Secretariat.
CM interacted and asked the students to use these applications for connecting with the outer world to know about the rapid changes taking place in education sector. She also urged them to use these applications for promoting sports and cultural activities among the students in schools.
Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar, who was present on the occasion, said the aim of this initiative is to throw it open to alumni of these schools who may wish to contribute further in the development of their alma mater.
