Evaluation of E-School Applications as a Management Information System

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the perceptions of the teachers and principals of primary
schools in Muş Province of Turkey on the status of the existing competence of e-school as a management
information system and to make an assessment of the e-school management information system. This study was
designed as a survey study. The population comprises of 1698 teachers and school principals working in the state
primary schools in the central district of Muş province during the 2010-2011 educational year. The sample
consists of 835 randomly selected teachers and school principals. The results showed that there is not a
statistically significant difference between the perceptions of the majority of the teachers and the school
principals who think that the e-school system is adequate in terms of institutional affairs, student affairs and
student report card works period. On the other hand, there is a statistically significant difference regarding the
teachers’ and school principals’ perceptions of the favorite place of access to e-school and adequacy of the eschool system.