GIS APPLICATION IN GEOSPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF SAINT PETER APETE AND SAINT PAUL AKUFO, IDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IBADAN, OYO STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as an important tool can be use effectively to evaluate and analyze facilities to meet the future needs of schools. This study examines geospatial assessment of infrastructural facilities in two Public Primary Schools in Apete and Akufo, Ido Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The method adopted data collection for this study involved the use of handheld GPS receiver in acquiring x, y coordinates of school boundary and other available features in and out of the study area. Questionnaire administered to a random sized population of sixty three (63) teachers and oral interviews from of the concerns schools on situation on infrastructural facilities in the school were also used. The results are presented in form of maps and map queries using ArcGIS 10.2 software, frequency tables and percentages. Moreover the relative necessity index was adopted in ranking the infrastructures in order of necessity attached to each infrastructure by the respondents. Generally, the result shows that infrastructural facilities in both schools were of necessity but were very poor in terms of their condition. Therefore, these have led to the poor performance in Public Primary Schools, and the Parents are not motivated to send their Children to the Public Primary Schools again in Apete and Akufo. Therefore, there is the need for constant assessment on the conditions of facilities in Public Primary Schools in Oyo State and the circumstances surrounding them. The geospatial analysis carried out for this study will go a long way in re-planning of the school