The Rivers State Government has officially moved its education administration from the old paper filing system to a new electronic architecture.
- Key structural changes for schools and students
- Step-by-step guide to registering on the new RIVEMIS portal
The Rivers State Digital National Education Management Information System (DNEMIS) Coordination Unit and the implementation of the Rivers State Education Management Information System (RIVEMIS) are critical changes in the school management system in both public and private agencies.
According to official reports published by the Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications, the state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr. Peters Nwagor, explicitly stated during the inauguration that the digital platform serves as a unified system for the collection, validation, security, and utilisation of educational data.
It is a strategic policy that dovetails seamlessly with the other enforcement efforts underway throughout the state, which require that all private schools either be incorporated into the State’s digital registry system or close their doors immediately.
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Key structural changes for schools and students
This platform’s immediate benefit is that it eliminates the bureaucratic hurdles that have long been associated with student transfers and academic verification.
The digital registry provides students with an academic record that is unique and permanent and will accompany them in their academic transfers between public or private institutions within Rivers State, thus eliminating chances of transcript alteration and loss of records.
The Electronic Registry represents a solution for school proprietors who have had to deal with arbitrary record keeping and now have to meet minimum infrastructural and staffing standard criteria.
The system can be used by state officials to check compliance, making it easy for them to identify institutions that are operating below standard metrics or failing to pay renewal fees.
With the automation of examination registers, manual errors in the registration of candidates and sitting arrangements are also avoided, and examination slips and sitting arrangements are created with utmost precision before the State Examination.
In this article, Tribune Online examines steps that guide required for registering a new RIVEMIS Portal.
Step-by-step guide to registering on the new RIVEMIS portal
School administrators need to closely adhere to the sequential onboarding process developed by the state’s technical partners in order to be brought into the new state digital registry.
Step 1: Account creation and EMIS ID assignment
You have to create the account of the administrator on the official state portal first. The account section of the Unregistered Schools website requires the schools to complete an extensive institution form and submit it for a unique Education Management Information System (EMIS) ID that will be sent to the school by email with the first-time login activation code.
Step 2: Completing the profile update
The administrator will log in to the new account with the assigned EMIS ID and then go to the profile section and select the ‘View Activation Form’. Before final submission this form demands that the school conforms with the four technical tabs: school ownership, physical infrastructure metrics, teacher certifications and security features.
Step 3: Student data onboarding (Individual or bulk)
With the institutional profile verified, schools can populate their registries by selecting the ‘Students’ module. Administrators have the choice of manually inputs for single entries via ‘Add New Student’ or downloading the official Excel spreadsheet template to perform a formatted bulk upload of their entire student database.
Step 4: School approval and regularisation application
Unapproved private schools must use their updated profiles to instantly apply for state authorisation by opening the ‘School Approval’ section. This tracks the compliance rating of the school and allows inspectors from the State Quality Assurance Services (SEQAS) to review application materials digitally.
Step 5: Examination registration and continuous assessment upload
In the case of the final year student classes, the administrators need to go to the ‘Examinations’ tab, then click on Registrations, and choose the academic session for which the students are eligible. From this dashboard, schools select qualified candidates, pay registration fees via the integrated payment gateway, print out receipts, and upload Continuous Assessment (CA) scores directly to the state’s central server.