Abstract
Provision of education as a global social service is champion by the public sector. Where these education facilities are located influences their utilization and efficiency. Proximity to these facilities also influences decisions to seek and patronize them. The study analyzes the geo-spatial database and distribution of Government Secondary Schools, using GIS in Chikun Local Government Area. 28 Government Secondary Schools were identified. Their geographic coordinates were established by the use of GPS device and mapped out. The data generated from the field was used to create geo-database of Government Secondary Schools. From the study, 51.4% of registered students were enrolled in the Government Junior Secondary Schools cadre while 58.6% was in Government Senior Secondary Schools. 79% of the student’s enrolments were concentrated in three communities. Nasarawa community was 43.3%, Sabo-Tasha community was 19.4% and Narayi community was 16.5%. These communities form part of Kaduna metropolis with evidence of high population concentration. Queries from the database show only 21.4% of the Schools were with fenced, 7.1% of the schools were with school halls, 25% of the schools were with school libraries and 14.3% of the schools were with computers. The distribution pattern was found to be appearing not different than random using the ArcGIS auto-correlation analysis tool. Government Secondary Schools in the study area appear to be poorly equipped for conducive learning experience. Therefore, the study recommends schools expansion, provision of new schools and upgrading existing schools to standard by all stakeholders.
Highlights
In most of the advancing economy of the world, human resources and education is crucial for development of civilization driving economy
51.4% of registered students were enrolled in the Government Junior Secondary Schools cadre while 58.6% was in Government Senior Secondary Schools. 79% of the student‟s enrolments were concentrated in three communities
MATERIALS AND METHODS Materials and equipments used for this study are administrative map of Chikun local government area sourced from Kaduna state ministry of lands and survey,76C5X Handheld GPS receiver for acquisition of geographic coordinates of public secondary schools, Laptop that houses Microsoft Excel, Words and ArcGIS 10.3, for data processing, manipulations and Geographical Information System (GIS) operations, checklist of all government secondary schools sourced from the local government head office, Kujama that served as guide for ground truthing
Summary
In most of the advancing economy of the world, human resources and education is crucial for development of civilization driving economy. Nations development and civilization depends primarily on its ability to utilize her intellectual resources at their disposal (Kinda, 2017) This makes education vital and mandatory for all nations who want to attain viable economy status. The elites in Nigeria, and other African countries has used access to education as political and economic tool to suppress and uplift a section of the population over the other (Fabiyi and Ogunyemi, 2015). This is often attributed to the fact that, there exist income inequalities in most countries. Unless the various stakeholders are willing to accommodate the fact as promulgated by Ibara (2019) that, the overall development strategy of education in any given society depends largely on the level at which there is an equitable distribution of educational resources and opportunities to all
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