Author(s): Ministry of National Education Preschool and Sports
Resource Type: Case studies
Countries: Morocco
Keywords: Education, Access to Information, E-Government, Public Sector Innovation
Massar System for School Management
Source in Arabic: ENACT Case Study - Massar School Management System, Morocco
The Massar School Management System is an information system that includes components for managing school enrolment, examinations and evaluations, social support, and school support, in addition to developing information systems for post-baccalaureate teachers and renewing the inspection system. Other elements include the development of school guidance services, the integrated department track component, and technical certificates.
Principles supported
- Responsiveness
- Trust
- Transparency
- Inclusiveness
- Effectiveness
Technology focus
Connectivity (high speed internet/broadband) technologies - Cybersecurity technologies - Data centres - Big data.
Purpose
The school management system Masar aims at providing a comprehensive information system for education management and e-services for school principals. It also provides e-services to students and their parents, to follow up their education, and creates a national database for student with a unique identifier for each.
Contributors/ Partners
Millennium Challenge Agency
Functions and/or Features
- Management of the beginning of academic year.
- Evaluation of students.
- Management of school time and infrastructure.
- Management of contributions and human resources.
- Management of beneficiaries.
- Providing services targeted to students and their parents, including review of personal data and exam scores, update of personal information, and complaints.
Outcomes, impacts & changes
- For Users: Providing access to information in real-time and reducing the wait-time for receiving certificates and entitlements of social allowances.
- For the educational administration: Developing the education management system, reducing the time for procedures and enabling teachers to access educational information.
Challenges
- Lack of human resources in the area of informatics.
- Weak integration of professional services.
- Difficulty in learning new technologies.
- Evaluation of access in remote areas.
- Limited budget allocated to informational equipment.
- Difficulty in collecting data and raising awareness of the importance of the system.
Lessons learned
- Engaging users in all stages of system development.
- Implementing a national change management plan that includes training, internal communication, and support.
- Preparing and implementing external communication plans with students and parents on the e-services of Massar.
Useful links
Access to Massar for school management.
