Department of EducationSCHOOL MAPPING PROJECT

What is MAPaaralan?MAPaaralan Project! School Mo, I-Pin Mo!, is essentially a project by the Department of

Education on mapping all public and private

schools.

Why map the schools?Plotting all educational institutions becomes

a critical component in planning process,

definition of programs, allocation of resources, and other critical decisions.

How is it being used?Enrolment data, classroom inventory,

number teachers and many other school-

related information is linked with the school’s

geolocation which allows visualization and

geospatial analysis.

Juan and MAPaaralanKnowing where the big schools are in terms of enrolment helps Juan identify which schools are congested based on existing classroom inventory and this helps him in deciding whether to still enrol in those schools or try nearby schools that can accommodate more students.

Is there a need to build a school? By visualizing the school locations, identifying potential school sites help bring schools closer to the communities where Juan is so he doesn’t have to travel several kilometers just to go to school.

It helps in identifying schools in terms of resources like electrification, computerization rollout and internet connectivity just by looking at a map instead of rows and columns of spreadsheets of data. This makes access to technologies available to Juan.

With other related data being mapped out, making Juan’s learning experience is made easier.

It’s crowded there, what’s the nearest school I can go to?

Are there computers that I can use for my studies?

I walk more than 5 kilometers just to go to school, will a school be build near us?

Where’s the nearest high school?