Identity area
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Information Systems and Records Branch
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
On May 1, 1975, the Information Systems and Records Branch of the Ministry of Education was formed by combining the Education Records Branch and the Management Information Systems Group of the Education Data Processing Branch. The Information Systems and Records Branch was part of the Administrative and Financial Services Division, and was comprised of the Teacher Certification Section, Administration and Student Services Section, and Information Systems Section. The Ministry's Women's Advisor was also part of the Branch. In September, 1976, the Ministry's Statistics Section was integrated into the Branch.
In 1979, the Information Systems and Records Branch was combined with the Education Data Processing Branch and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' Systems Planning Unit to form the Management Information Systems Branch.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Information Systems and Records Branch researched and co-ordinated, for planning purposes, information management studies and information needs of Ontario's Ministry of Education. The Information Systems and Records Branch also assisted school boards in assembling and reporting data; administered activities related to private schools; processed and recorded teacher certification; and administered scholarship, bursaries and student records. In addition, the Information Systems and Records Branch was responsible for the Student Guidance Information Service (SGIS) until 1976 when responsibility for the SGIS was transferred to the Student Activities and Special Projects Branch. In 1976 the Information Systems and Records Branch also assumed responsibility for statistical analysis.
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Relationships area
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Access points area
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Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Inventory of the Ministry of Education
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Gorton