Mehbooba Mufti launches IT-Enabled Systems

Mehbooba Mufti launches IT-Enabled Systems to Boost Education System of the State

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir,  Mehbooba Mufti  launched School Management Information System (SMIS) on December 30, 2016, to provide a complete database of Jammu & Kashmirall the government schools spread across the state. SMIS been developed by the J&K Education Department

in collaboration with National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), ISRO, Digital India and MHRD.  It is a comprehensive IT-enabled Database System to highlight important features of all Government Schools such as Staff strength, Student-Teacher ratio among others.

iv. Besides, the chief minister also launched a Unified Data Information System for Education (U-DISE) to provide the details about the enrolments and pupil-to-teacher ratios from school to school. Mehbooba also inaugurated the GIS (Geographic Information System) mapping of schools, in which the geographical locations and 3D structures of the schools have been distinctly marked. It also informs about the school infrastructure and school cluster structure zone-wise in a district. As many as 28,000 schools are being taken up under GIS mapping in the state. The chief minister also launched, Vocational Monitoring Details, an online portal for monitoring the implementation of various vocational courses in the state. .The Minister also launched an e-Office for online management of files in the

school education department to address the critical infrastructure gap and ensure time management.

The Minister appreciated the launch of IT-Enabled Initiatives saying that it would enable the state’s students to get knowledge connectivity with the outside world along with promoting sports and cultural activities and giving a path to the schools to be converted into hubs of knowledge and excellence.