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Management Information Systems Branch
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The Management Information Systems Branch of the Ministry of Education was created in 1979, by combining the Systems Planning unit of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities with the Information Systems and Records Branch and the Education Data Processing Branch of the Ministry of Education.
The Management Information Systems Branch reported to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Administration and Finance, and was comprised of the following Sections: Statistical Information Services, Student Services, Teacher Services, Systems Services, Consumers Services, Administration, Operations, and Computer Research, and Training Section. The Information Resources Centre was transferred to the Management Information Systems Branch from Communication Services Branch in 1980; that same year, the Teacher Services Section and the Student Services Section were merged to form the Registrar Services Unit. In 1981, the Management Information Systems Branch became part of the Planning and Policy Analysis Division, and at the same time the Information Resources Centre was transferred to the Research Branch. The Registrar Services Unit was renamed Registrar Services Section and moved to the Teacher Education Branch of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities in July, 1981.
The Management Information Systems Branch was dismantled effective January 1, 1984, and its functions were divided among, chiefly, the School Board Services Unit (responsible for the continuing development and management of the Educational Computing Network [ECNO]), the Research and Information Branch (Information Resources Centre, Statistical Information Services Unit) and the Data Processing Services Branch (Administration Section, Systems Services Section, Operations Services Section).
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The Management Information Systems Branch gathered, validated and analysed data on school boards, schools and universities, and maintained a record of authorized private schools in the province of Ontario.The Management Information Systems Branch provided relevant data to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, their external clients and the Educational Computing Network of Ontario (ECNO). The Management Information Systems Branch also provided data processing systems development, information and administrative services to school boards. From 1979 to 1981 the Management Information Systems Branch provided registrar services, including the certification of teachers. As well, from 1980 to 1981 the Management Information Systems Branch contained the Ministry of Education Information Resources Centre.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Inventory of the Ministry of Education
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Archivist(s):
Gorton