what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Alhagie Secka -
Number of replies: 8

in collecting and interpreting PMS data the challenges we face are numerous and most significantly are amongst others:

1. Late delivery of the PMS/SLA forms to schools thus causing difficulty in counting and entering data accurately in large amounts.

2. schools should be provided the computed template as schools have computers so that we can interpret the data correctly.

3. Having different people collecting data even when training is not provided thus facing difficulty in explaining it to the teachers.

in trying to solve these problems we face in our schools 

1. we improvised templates and also create columns where we collect data before the forms are available in schools

2. we use the local way of calculating the data by dividing the actual scores for each component divide by the target scores for the component times 100% to give the raw percentages to the various teachers before the real data is provided.

3. provide school-based training for the senior teachers who are assigned to collect the data to have basic knowledge of the way the data is collected and entered.

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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Haddy senghore -
Hi mr secka i really agreed with the fact that teachers are assign to collect data without clear understanding or proper training.
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Bakary mbye -
hello haddy
thats a lapses in the school because people collecting the data did not have the knowledge to the document.
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Isatou colley -
Dear Alhagie.
you really heat the nail on the head .As we speak SLAs are still not available in schools .So we either wait to be supplied very late or we use our meagre resources to provide SLAs for all the teachers.
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Pa Sainey Sallah -
hello isatou
it sometime available but stakeholders did not monitor SLAs properperly
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Aramata P Mendy -
Hello Mr Secka,
I agree with you on providing school base training for teachers assigned to collect data they really need a basic knowledge on how to collect data to avoid errors and giving wrong data.
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Pa Sainey Sallah -
hi ramata
school base training is key because most people filling the SLAs did not have the knowledge on how to fill it
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Pa Sainey Sallah -
hello alagie
template is very good where collect vital information before you use the SLAs
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Re: what challenges do you face in collecting and interpreting PMS data and how you address them

by Bakary mbye -
hello secka
having different people taking part in collecting data is important and make data valid.