An important step in gaining an understanding of what is meant by EMIS within a national and provincial context is to consider a working definition. The realization of these challenges was aided significantly with the establishment in 1995 of the EMIS unit, which is responsible for producing, managing and disseminating education data within the DBE and provincial education departments. A further challenge entails the development of mechanisms for accountability and for monitoring and evaluation of the education system. Since its establishment in 1994, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has been challenged with providing relevant and quality data as efficiently as possible to information users, particularly planners (for evidence-based planning) at all levels, decision makers and policy developers. Education data, specifically the data sets generated by the annual school survey in the Education Management Information System (EMIS) in most countries of the world, is often one of the most under-utilised data sources for both policy and research. This paper provides a broad overview of education data sets in South Africa, predominantly data from the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Keywords: education management information systems, education data, performance data, data integration, unique identifiers, data quality The third part examines the effectiveness of implementing a learner unit record system nationally in comparison with the EMIS system that is currently in place and that is based on aggregate or summary institution-level data. Hence, part two of this paper discusses the need for data integration as an important data management strategy. No information system on its own is comprehensive enough to provide all the information needed in strategic decision-making. The first part also refers to the policy implications and the important role that data plays in policy formulation. When discussing each of the existing education data sets, the paper addresses the quality of the education data available in South Africa. The first part provides a description of existing education data sets and the basic data elements contained in each of these data sets. The paper serves as an inventory for anyone interested in understanding what data is available, how it may be accessed, what the quality of the data is, and in what formats it may be accessed. This paper provides an overview of the various data sets pertaining to education in South Africa that are informing or could inform policy making in education. What is the process review project about? The goal of this project is to improve data collection through the implementation of the HR system that will enable standardised HR processes to be followed.An overview of key data sets in education in South Africa The Department has designed an HR system that will support the roll out of the process in Schools, Circuits and Districts.Process inefficiencies have led to the redesign of the Attendance, Leave and Termination processes particularly at school level.The Leave and Termination processes where highlighted by the Auditor General as opportunities for improvement.Project background The North West Department of Education (NWDoE) has redesigned three HR processes which will be implemented your first day back at the office after training. Kindly switch cellphones off or put them on silentД«efore you leave today: Please sign the register and complete the training evaluation form Welcome The session today will cover HR process changes and the training on the SAMS Reality Check Tool NWDoE Manage Attendance, Leave and Termination Process Training North West Department of Education HR Process and SA-SAMS System Training

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