Creation of open education data system (CZ0032)

What is the public problem that the commitment will address? This is an ongoing commitment, which was included in the Fourth Action Plan as point 4.3.1, when the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) started the implementation of the project "MEYS Departmental Information System Project (MEYS DIS)“, Reg. No. CZ.06.3.05/0.0/0.0/16_034/0005821. Its aim is to provide a uniform, efficient and effective basis for data managed and pooled by the state administration in the field of education and to enable its sharing by all stakeholders. The main users of the DIS will be not only the MEYS and its subordinate organizations, but also the public administration in the field of education, schools and school facilities. Selected data will also be publicly available in the form of open data. The project is co-financed from the Integrated Regional Operational Programme (IROP) under target 3.2 Increasing the efficiency and transparency of public administration through development of use and quality of ICT systems and is the main tool for implementing its project area 3.5 – eEducation – Information systems in education.

What is the commitment?  Creation of a modern, robust, modular information system to support the fulfilment of key agendas of the MEYS and sharing of authoritative data within the MEYS, an interconnected data fund in public administration, and towards the public,  creation of a uniform, efficient and effective basis for data managed and pooled by the state administration in the field of education and to enable its sharing by all stakeholders,  availability of data enabling the general public to monitor the quality of education in the Czech Republic,  reduction of administrative burden,  saving funds and their more efficient use as a result of sharing data, services and functionalities within the CIS/DIS.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem? The project will replace the eight existing systems. Information from the system will be automatically shared, in particular between the newly created Central Information Page 15 (of 24) System (CIS) of MEYS and selected systems of organizations subordinate to the MEYS. Thus, data from the school register, register of universities and accredited study programmes, register of associate professors and professors, associated registries of university students, recognition of qualifications, recognition of professional qualifications and data collection of statistical and administrative nature will be kept in one place. These data will also be linked, for example, to selected data from the systems of the Czech School Inspectorate, the Educational Results Centre (CERMAT) and the National Pedagogical Institute. In addition to the effectiveness of the new information system, emphasis will be placed on maintaining the security of the processed information.

Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? The commitment ensures the availability of public information associated with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and its selected subordinate organizations, thus significantly contributing to the use of this data by professionals and the general public and, as a result, improves the quality of information, promotes civic participation and, last but not least, transparency of the public (state) administration.

Additional information  The commitment is fulfilled symbiotically through the implementation of the project Information System of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, which is co-financed within the IROP (project registration number CZ.06.3.05/0.0/0.0/16_034/0005821).

Milestone activity with a verifiable deliverable Start date: End date: Implementation of a public contract for the supplier of the MEYS DIS 31. 8. 2020 Implementation of the MEYS DIS 1. 9. 2020 31. 12. 2022 Pilot operation of the MEYS DIS 1. 1. 2023 31. 8. 2023 Full operation of the MEYS DIS (including automated publication of public data in an open format and its transfer to the National Catalogue of Open Data) 1. 6. 2023 31. 8. 2023

Action Plan Review

Commitment 3: Open data on education system

Results Report

Commitment 3. Open Data on Education System

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Modest

● Completion: Not started

● Did it open government? No early results to report yet

The commitment on open data in education aimed to establish a publicly available, centralized, cohesive information system at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. This commitment was carried over from the previous action plan. Its implementation was again deferred by a major change in the strategy of its fulfillment in terms of budgeting, phasing, scheduling, and milestones. In October 2020, the Ministry canceled the public contract for the information system, MEYS DIS, that was linked to EU funding and adopted a new project for the Education Information System that will be fully funded from the Ministry’s budget and implemented in three phases. [47] The contract for the first phase, eEdu-I, was concluded toward the end of the implementation period. [48] The commitment has been transferred to the upcoming 2023–2024 action plan. [49]