North Sumatra provincial stakeholders uses DBE1-developed SIMP-K.

DBE1 has developed District Education Management Information System (Sistem Informasi Manajemen Pendidikan Kabupaten/Kota or SIMP-K). This system was designed to provide a comprehensive picture of education sector by integrating data from two different sources: MONE’s EMIS database system or PadatiWeb (containing data on schools in a particular district) and Management Information System for Teachers and Teaching Staff, known as SIM-NUPTK (containing data on each district’s teachers and teaching staff). When reviewing data from these two data sources, districts stakeholders can use the School Statistics Number as the common variable and cross-analyze different types of information. Using the pivoting feature in Excel, they can see, for example, the number of teachers that are able to receive an allowance because they have fulfilled the requirement of teaching for a total of 24 hours to a minimum of 20 students per class room. They are also able to see the number of teachers, based on their teaching subjects, who will retire in the near future. Districts can use this type of information as a basis to develop their Renstra and to support planning and budgeting to ensure that the Minimum Service Standards are achieved.

Staff from North Sumatra Provincial LPMP (upper picture) and Education Office (lower picture) being trained

In North Sumatra, DBE1 assisted the staff of the Provincial Education Quality Assurance Body (Lembaga Penjaminan Mutu Pendidikan or LPMP) and the Provincial Education Office to learn more about SIMP-K in two sessions. The first session was from June 20 to 21 while the second from June 30 to July 2. As a result of these training sessions, LPMP team members have began to understand that rather than looking at PadatiWeb or SIM-NUPTK separately, they can now utilize information from both sources simultaneously. This understanding was further disseminated in June 23-25 during a meeting where LPMP introduced SIMP-K to PadatiWeb and SIM-NUPTK data operators from all districts in North Sumatra. LPMP also requested districts to start using SIMP-K as a tool to gather relevant information about the condition of their education sector.

As a next step, LPMP is considering a plan to use the information from the districts as basis to develop the 2011 North Sumatra education sector profile. This time, with the help of the SIMP-K tool, they hope that the profile will be able to provide a more clearer and comprehensive picture about the condition of the education sector in North Sumatra.