INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL questions.

Refer to the Working Paper No 3- Educational Management Information System: A short Case Study of Mozambique (refer as WP3).

Question No. 1
State FIVE areas in which have been the major problems in managing the education development in Mozambique and such problems would be appropriate to be solved using information system. Explain in your words for each of the problem areas and describe why you think it can be solved using the Information System.

Question No. 2
Give THREE examples of the educational process described in WP3 and state whether it can be supported with TPS (Transactional Processing System), MIS (Management Information System) or SIS (Strategic Information System). Explain the reason of your choice. (Note: One example for each type of Information System).

Question No. 3
Identify ONE example for strategic decision and tactical decision that EMIS shall be able to support. In your example, describe in what way the system would be able to support.

Question No. 4
Assume that the EMIS is to be developed. Construct a schematic diagram to illustrate the enterprise system of EMIS which includes AT LEAST THREE sub components of information system. Describe TWO functionalities for each of the sub components in terms of what it does and how does it interact with other subcomponents.

Question No. 5
State TWO examples of strategic information system that can be built on EMIS and explain in what way the proposed SIS can assist in making strategic decisions.

Article - Education Management Information System: A Short Case Study of Mozambique by Michael Trucano (infoDev).