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THE NESIS PROGRAMME

Initiated  in  1991  as  a  project  to  develop  technical  modules,  the  National  Education  Statistical

Information  Systems  (NESIS)  programme  has  become  a  multi-donor,  Africa-wide  capacity-

building  programme  to  develop  self-sustainable  statistical  information  systems  for  education

policy  needs.  NESIS  is  to  play  a  catalytic  role  in  the  development  process  by  bringing  together

institutions, agencies and experts in joint ventures and networks as agents of change. 

To date, over 47 countries have participated in different NESIS activities. These activities include

diagnostic surveys, formulating national plans, and developing and testing of methods and tools

in priority areas. Team experts from different countries meet regularly in technical workshops to

share experiences. Parallel to the activities at country level, NESIS has compiled and published

generic technical modules based on national experiences. 

.acilitated by the NESIS Regional Centre and its branch offices, technical working groups (TWG)

are now conducting capacity-building activities in diverse areas of importance to specific countries

in the respective sub-regions. It has become a comprehensive country policy driven programme,

supported by the participating African countries and directly financed by 11 agencies.

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