Education data systems switch leaves schools with millions in funding gaps

Ghosts of the phased-out National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) have returned to haunt school principals, with queries raised by the Auditor-General pointing to their deepening schools’ financial woes.

The NEMIS was flagged for inflated school enrolment figures, anomalies that affected the allocation of government funding to schools. The Ministry of Education has since migrated to the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS).