On 13 Jun 2018, a press conference was held by the Ministry of Education, Maldives to launch the Maldives Education Management Information System (MEMIS) dashboard. At the ceremony, the Maldives MoE also committed to formulating education policy derived from MEMIS data.  The tweets below tell the story.

#LIVE Tonight we are celebrating the remarkable achievements we have made with the implementation of MEMIS. The launch of MEMIS policy & MEMIS dashboard would be yet another enhancement to the use of MEMIS in the education sector. @aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/TEBeGgsjpC

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

#LIVE Mr.Kris Oswalt, President of Community Systems Foundation addressing at tonight's ceremony. @aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/HVbF4Fthh7

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

#LIVE Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ahmed Shafeeu Launches the MEMIS Policy. @aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/hsYbheWqNh

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

#LIVE Ms. Mazeena Jameel, Program Specialist, UNICEF maldives, launches the MEMIS dashboard.@aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/xayj5rDY3Z

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

The Maldives Education Management Information System (MEMIS) is a comprehensive database that provides updates & reliable education data for decision making. #MEMIS was developed collaboratively by #UNICEF & @EducationMV as a 3-year project & launched on 16 Jul 2017. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/IYFQbHPfGz

— UNICEF Maldives (@UNICEFMaldives) September 13, 2018

Tonight, we are honoured to be recognised for our support in establishing #MEMIS. Since its launching in 2017, #UNICEF has supported capacity building of schools & Ministry of Education, such as the MEMIS administrative & super user trainings. (2/4)

— UNICEF Maldives (@UNICEFMaldives) September 13, 2018

#MEMIS is designed to store all school records, track attendance of students, teachers & school staff, issuance of report cards, tracking students' vulnerabilities & interventions to address them. (3/4)

— UNICEF Maldives (@UNICEFMaldives) September 13, 2018

Currently support is being provided by #UNICEF to use #MEMIS to collect data on implementation of the national curriculum & compliance with school quality standards. (4/4)#ForEveryChild, A Quality Education

— UNICEF Maldives (@UNICEFMaldives) September 13, 2018

A festive event it was tonight; Celebrating & marking a new era in Educational data management & planning ? @aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/yCEygptvRy

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

MEMIS dashboard launched tonight will help develop indicators needed for evidence based decisions,for formulation of policies that enhance effective changes.@aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/ROuERATCaT

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018

The MEMIS event tonight, was a milestone event,
that demonstrated Govmt’s commitment to the provision of evidence based, quality education for all.@aishathshiham @UNICEFMaldives pic.twitter.com/XgXTAWZ5G5

— Ministry of Education (@EducationMV) September 13, 2018