Based on the Ministry of Educations concern with monitoring developments in different educational fields and following an analysis of the educational indicators in line with the sustainable development plans, the Ministry designed Open Data Library at the Oman Educational Portal to provide an enabling provision for proactive and open access to the Ministry data. It offers data of public and private schools, students and classes, teachers and administrators, special education, literacy and adults' education. The data can be freely accessed, reused, modified and shared. It can be also utilized by any organization, such as corporations, universities, NGOs, startups, charities, community groups and individuals.The value of MOE Open Data is to increase collaboration. When MOE provides the Open Data to the public via free electronic download, researchers and developers are quick to develop value-added researches and studies, which in turn fueled education growth in Oman. The MOE Open Data aims to increase transparency. It gives users an informative view of education status, through an analysis of its inputs and outcomes. Also, it contributes in increasing community e-participation for it enables users to follow up as well as to give their feedback about the educational indicators and its development in Oman.
http://opendata.moe.gov.om/
Completed
12 January 2017
2018
Ministry of Education assigned Chief Data Officer whose details are clearly found at the open data Library as following, (if you request more data or have a suggestion, please do not hesitate to email Mr.Qais Al Ajmi at opendata@moe,om). When the beneficiaries need more data, the Chief Data Officer serve as a bridge between departments in the Ministry and the users to ensure provide them with the requested data. Also, He is responsible of taking relevant action on the feedback/suggestion received from the public. Also, Ministry of Education has developed a plan to ensure flow of data. Recently, MOE has assigned tasks and responsibilities for the following department: Administrative Affairs Department- Directing Educational Directorates in the Governorates to complete audit data of all employees. - Supervise data entry of all students and schools.- Directing Human Resources Department to complete and review employees' data in the ministry.Department of Finance- Provide data of transport contracts and drivers.- Provide finance data that could be openly posted on the open data portal for the public. Department of Information Systems- Follow-up sections of the educational portal in the educational directorates in the governorates to ensure the flow of data at the Oman Educational Portal and activate its application with coordination with the related departments.- Exporting the statistical data directly to the Statistics and Indicators Department through a direct link to the Oman Educational Portal, taking into account the accuracy when exporting data to the statistical database.- Launch and supervise the data at the open data Library. Department of Statistics and Indicators- Coordinating with the directorates of the Ministry about completing and collecting statistical data.- Data processing and provision in coordination with Directorate General of Information Technology to launch them at the open data Library.
Open data library at the educational portal in Oman promotes education and improve efficiency and effectiveness of educational services by helping the researchers to conduct studies using accurate data that could boost the educational progress in Oman. Also, the data library contributes in reducing pollution, save natural resources. Thus, it helps ensure environmental sustainability.
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