Open Data - Education (KG0002)

Open data in the education system at the level of state general education organizations
Commitment Start and End Date
September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2020
Lead implementing agency/actor Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic
Commitment description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address? According to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for 2006 and 2009, Kyrgyzstan was ranked last among countries participating in the survey on school education. Country’s provision of schools with textbooks is less than 40%. There is no open information about qualifications of teachers and buildings safety of the state educational entities. One of the major issues of the Kyrgyz Republic education system is corruption, which affects the quality of education. According to an assessment carried out by the Transparency International Kyrgyzstan in 2013, the total informal payments per year (without entrance fees and individual tuition) in education system amounted to more than 2.2 billion soms.
What is the commitment? As part of this commitment, there is a plan to ensure disclosure of data in the education system at the level of schools in open data format on:
- incoming funds and their spending
- staff qualifications
- safety of buildings and structures
- all textbooks and teaching materials
How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? Providing citizens with access to the most requested information on general education organizations’ activities will allow for public monitoring of school performance, reduce corruption risks that will in turn improve the quality of schooling.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? Transparency: Improving citizens’ access to financial and staffing information of the educational institutions, as well as asset management and provision with textbooks and teaching materials.
Additional information
Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Budget Start date End date
Activity 1: Disclosure of data of the state general educational establishments on the receipt and disbursement of resources.
1.1. Provide public access to information about budget expenditures and incomes of general educational establishments (through the education management information system (EMIS).
Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget October 2018 December 2019

1.2. Provide public access to information on extra-budgetary expenditures and incomes of state educational establishments (through the EMIS). Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget March 2019 May 2020

Activity 2: Disclosure of data of the state educational establishments about textbooks and study materials.
2.1. To integrate in the EMIS the reporting on the textbooks provided by classes. Data update is done twice per year. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget October 2018 December 2019
2.2. Organize public access to information about textbooks, study materials (subject, title, year of publication, author, number), provision the state education establishments by textbooks and study materials (through the EMIS). Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget October 2018 December 2019
Activity 3: Disclosure of data about the qualification level of the public educational establishments’ specialists.
3.1. Organize public access to information about the qualification level of employees of state educational institutions, including the completion of advanced training courses, (education data - diploma number, full-time or part-time) through the EMIS. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget October 2018 September 2019
Activity 4: Ensuring access of information about safety in public educational establishments.
4.1. Integrate the information system "Safety of schools and preschool educational organizations" (http://schooldb.caiag.kg/index.php) in the EMIS. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget December 2018 December 2019
4.2. Organize collection of information about safety of public educational establishments, including seismic resistance, resistance to natural disasters, compliance with the standards of the educational process. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget March 2019 December 2019
4.3. Organize public access to information about the safety of state educational institutions (through the EMIS). Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget December 2019 August 2020
Expected result 1 1.1. Information on incomes and expenditures of state general educational establishments is available for public in open data format.
1.2. Citizens have access to information on collection and spending extra-budgetary funds by state educational establishments (in open data format).
Expected result 2 2.1. Data collection (subject, title, year of publication, author, number) of textbooks and study materials is automated
2.2. The public has access to information about textbooks and study materials in the state education establishments (in open data format).
Expected result 3 3.1. The public has access to information about qualification level of the state educational establishments’ specialists.
Expected result 4 4.1. Information system "Safety of schools and preschool educational organizations" is integrated into the EMIS.
4.2. Public monitoring of the buildings and structures safety has been provided.
4.3. The public has access to information about safety of state educational institutions.
Contact information
Name of responsible person from implementing agency Mr. М.Т.Alishev

Title, Department Chief specialist of the information support sector of the MES KR
Email and Phone (0558) 995400, marlen.alishev@gmail.com
Other Actors Involved – State actors involved
CSOs, private sector, multilaterals, working groups Public Council of the MES KR