The assumption is that there is space and willingness from the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, State and County Education officials to come up with improvements. The bottleneck would be human/material resources for implementing the improvements. The opportunities would be there is high need to have accurate data by various levels of Governments, NGOs, UN Agencies and the local leaders so that the data can be used for planning educational interventions.

The major issues are composition of the PTA members (qualified persons with knowledge in Planning, budgeting and monitoring). The County should be equipped with both human and materials resources to monitor schools. The biggest challenges of the government related to school management systems & data collection is: inadequate qualified teachers at schools’ level to collect relevant data, poor/delayed compensation of teachers, teachers are not motivated to invest time and energy to collect relevant data. In Some States, County and Payams, there are few qualified education officials to collect and manage data. This combined with delayed or poor remuneration has led to desertion of education sector.

Have accurate and timeliness (the data results do not come on time) data in certain States/Counties learners’ enrollment depends on availability of food, schools inflate figures I order to receive higher capitation grantor food from World Food Programme (WFP) Teachers /learners migrate from school to school and there is no proper record on their trans-fer. If there is accurate data on this, then school management could be better prepared to become more adaptable to new situations. And they have better insight in the needs of learners and teachers.

David Ogiga started his career in conservation as the Project Officer for American NGO, International Fund for Animal Welfare. Realizing that empowered, employed young people are the future of Taita Taveta, he teamed up with Jakub Simek of Pontis Foundation to found Sote ICT Project and eventually Sote Hub. David has over ten years working in social and change programs in African Education and Conservation. Previously Director of Kasigau Wildlife Trust, he has extensive training and practice in Social Entrepreneurship, Business Planning, Fundraising and Community relations. He consults for Ten Senses Africa, the world’s first fair trade exporter of macadamia nuts with a network of over 35,000 farmers in Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia. https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ogiga-0a82b828/ Tweets by DavidOgiga

Harry Mwailengo is the Director of Schools and Incubation at Sote Hub, the first rural Incubation Hub in Kenya that has impacted over 20,000 students and young innovators. Mwailengo has several years of experience in national and international not-for-profit organizations and private enterprises. He possesses extensive skills, knowledge and experience in community development projects, strategic project management. Mwailengo has been active in the field of ICT training, social enterprise and education development for more than fifteen years, focusing on youth development and community projects. He is a professional member of the Kenya National Association of Social Workers (KNASW) and Information Technology Association of Kenya (ITAK). He is an Ashoka Changemakers Fellow and African Change Makers Network Fellow.