The Zambian Ministry of Education is committed to expanding basic education to its entire population. A high rate of poverty, difficulty providing service to and accessing information from remote and disadvantaged areas, and a poor technical infrastructure have limited the Ministry’s ability to respond to educational needs at the community level. To overcome these obstacles, AED is working with its partners to support the Zambia Education Management Information System (EMIS) and provide the Ministry of Education with the technical and strategic planning tools needed to put an efficient and comprehensive education management system in place as part of the Educational Quality Improvement Program 2 (EQUIP2). 

The goals of this project are to cascade strength through all levels of the system, from the Ministry of Education’s headquarters through provincial and district offices to schools; follow interventions from the center to the grass roots; and support policy implementation and improve information management in ways that foster and monitor increased educational relevance and pupil achievement.