Lebanon TechLebanon launches digital school management app with EU and GIZ support
Public and private schools across Lebanon are moving student registration and financial records from paper to a unified digital system.
Lebanon TechIn brief: Lebanon's Ministry of Education and Higher Education has launched an administrative and educational digitisation application alongside the European Union and the German Agency for International Cooperation. Designed for public and private schools, the system sets unified standards to manage student registration as well as administrative, financial, accounting, and budget records across the country.
Minister of Education and Higher Education Rima Karami presented an administrative and educational digitisation application during a meeting titled From Technical Support to Strengthening Institutional Capacities. Director General of Education Fadi Yarak attended with the ministry's administrative and information technology (IT) unit heads. Representatives from the European Union (EU) embassy and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) also took part.
Unified standards for school data
Developed through cooperation between the ministry, the EU, and GIZ, the software introduces digital workflows across both public and private schools. The platform manages student registration as well as administrative, financial, accounting, and budget information. Karami described the platform as an IT, administrative, educational, and organisational achievement. According to MTV Lebanon, she said it establishes unified standards and enables the administration to know every detail accurately. She said the system "allows decisions based on digital and statistical evidence to be taken at the necessary speed".
The minister thanked the EU and GIZ for their technical support and commended the ministry's administrative and IT teams for drawing on international expertise. That collaboration built the capacity of national staff to manage digital transformation and governance across public and private education, Al-Markazia reported. Participants at the meeting said the partnership succeeded in "tackling this major challenge of transitioning from paper to digital through this application", MTV Lebanon reported. Speakers said the software now serves as the cornerstone of modernisation and enables the ministry to collect all data accurately.
Institutional reform under the EDU GOV project
The ministry and GIZ also work on governance under the Governance in the Education Sector in Lebanon project, known as EDU GOV. Commissioned by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the initiative is implemented by GIZ in partnership with the Lebanese ministry. Karami chaired the first meeting of the project's executive committee with her team, ministry advisers, German diplomatic and development officials, and implementing partners, Elnashra reported.
In a statement published by Elnashra, the ministry said the committee session formed an important step towards stronger coordination with GIZ and implementing partners. The ministry said the effort matches its reform vision, particularly in "strengthening governance, developing institutional structures and capacities, and improving inclusive school management practices". The EDU GOV programme operates across three main tracks. First, it strengthens the administrative capacity of regional education departments by updating their institutional and legal frameworks. Second, it runs capacity-building programmes that account for social inclusion and support governance among educational personnel. Third, it supports school-level management and improves communication across central, regional, and school administrations.
What happens next
To gain the full benefit of the platform, participants at the launch meeting noted the need to strengthen infrastructure and human resources, MTV Lebanon reported. Karami stressed the importance of "continuity, development, and sustainability". Under the EDU GOV framework, the executive committee reviewed implementation progress and discussed strategic priorities for the coming phase with GIZ.
Sources: Al-Markazia, MTV Lebanon, Elnashra
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