Survey on Data Dissemination In Education Management Information System

In education system, the collected data is processed and disseminated to be consumed by end users, like, policy makers, planners, students, parents, educational institutes, districts, states etc. The data is disseminated in different formats, like, annual digests, summary reports, report cards etc. in both printed and electronic ways. The Education Management Information System (EMIS) allows the end users to view or download the desired data. Special provisions are also made, so that data can be directly accessed by the selected end users for further analysis. The process for direct data transfer or program to program data transfer is a tedious task. It has limitations, like, hardware and software dependency of the end user on the EMIS application, requirement of database connectivity code and updates on end user’s side with every update in the EMIS application. It requires special infrastructure and professional expertise on the end user’s side. Web services allow transfer of data across heterogeneous platforms. Web services are being used in different areas for data dissemination, like, geospatial, governance and weather forecasting. Using web service for data dissemination in education system shall allow direct data access irrespective of the hardware and software compatibility at the end user's end with the EMIS. Here, we discuss the different ways of disseminating the data in the education system. In this paper, we present an overview of the process for dissemination of data for the EMIS of different countries. We also introduce using of web services for the data dissemination process in the education