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Application of Geospatial Information System to Assess the Effectiveness of the Mdg Target in Amac Metropolis-Abuja, Nigeria
Y.A. Aliyu, J.O. Sule and T.T. Youngu
Corresponding Author: SULE, J.O.
Submitted: 2011 November, 09
Accepted: 2011 December, 09
Published: 2012 March, 01 |
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This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the MDG target as it concerns, the state of education
in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) metropolis-Nigeria. One of the educational challenges faced in
developing countries is how to know which school to send children to. This is mainly due to lack of detailed
information as to, what school offers, what type of education, and at what fee. But with Geospatial Information
Systems (GIS) providing information about primary and secondary schools, Millennium Development Goals’
(MDGs’) vision of literacy for 15-24 year olds will be achieved. The development of geospatial database
information system of primary and secondary schools for Garki and Wuse districts, Abuja, was embarked upon
to provide timely, consistent and accurate information to decision makers for use in achieving this particular
target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The delay in achievement of this target is not because
governments in developing countries aren’t putting maximum effort, but because these governments are
choosing to put the cart before the horse. Sustainable literacy level cannot be achieved without an effective
framework charged with the collection, storage, query, analysis and management of the relevant data. What
is needed is a system that provides government with data about all educational facilities within required
proximity and determines availability of the required facilities. GIS is that decision making technology, which
integrates ‘spatially referenced data’ with a problem solving environment. The method employed was to acquire
both spatial and attribute data of every primary and secondary school in Garki and Wuse districts. The spatially
referenced database was created using Microsoft Access 2007 and ArcGIS 9.2 software. The database was
queried and the results of the queries analyzed. The results showed that 60% of the schools didn’t have access
to Internet. Twenty-one (21) percent had no library. Sixty-three (63) percent of schools were also found to lack
Elementary Science Laboratory as stipulated in the National Policy on Education. It was also observed that,
the closest distance between public schools to Area 1 and Wuse Central bus-stops, are 0.769 and 1.15 m,
respectively.
Key words: GIS and planning, MDG, quality education and assessment, referenced database, , ,
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Y.A. Aliyu, J.O. Sule and T.T. Youngu, . Application of Geospatial Information System to Assess the Effectiveness of the Mdg Target in Amac Metropolis-Abuja, Nigeria. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (03): 248-254.
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