Baladevan Rangaraju's presentation at the "Orientation Programme on Planning and Management of Elementary Education in Urban Areas" conducted by the Department of Comparative Education and International Cooperation , National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), NUEPA.
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School Mapping for Urban Educational Planning
1. O R I E N T A T I O N P R O G R A M M E O N P L A N N I N G A N D M A N A G E M E N T
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D E P A R T M E N T O F C O M P A R A T I V E E D U C A T I O N A N D I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O O P E R A T I O N , N U E P A
B A L A D E VA N R A N G A R A J U
D I R E C T O R – I N D I A I N S T I T U T E
School Geo-mapping for Urban
Educational Planning
2. The New Objective of Educational Planning
Has to move from equalisation of opportunities to
guaranteed opportunities
Education for children aged 6-14 a constitutional right
under RTE Act, 2009
New definition of demand estimation: Not whether
households will enroll their children in schools; it is what
kind of education and where (in 1-3 km radius)
3. Educational Planning in Future
Should start from accurate assessment of number of
existing facilities of all management types
Assessment of demand in terms of aspiration
English medium in Delhi, Vocational Skills in Gujarat, Madrassas with secular subjects
Preferred location for the target population
Requires
Accurate mapping of existing schools
Constant (annual) updation of data on new schools of all types, enrolment figures, catchment area of
each school
Has to involve beneficiary population
4. School Mapping for Urban Educational Planning
Planning of new schools is dynamic
Expansion of urban area limits
Urgent demand for new schools
Changes in population distribution
Demand for quicker expansion of capacity
Changes in target age group population number & definition
Demand for upgradation to higher grades
New city plans affecting infrastructure
Need for relocation of schools
Best planning methodology gives maximum return on public
investment by increasing access to facilities in demand
Appropriate grade levels
Appropriate school size
Seating capacity, number of teachers, infrastructure
Appropriate medium/curriculum
Ex. Oriya in AP, Madrassas
Appropriate location for easy & safe access
5. Constraints in Traditional Methodology
Large unit of planning
Lack of updated & detailed city/town plans in most cases
Difficulty in defining habitation/ seamlessly joined
habitations
Mapping schools in every nook and corner exhausting and
tedious
Difficulty in factoring a large variety of schools with unique
characteristics
6. Advantages of Geo-mapping
Accurate
Real time updation leading to reduced planning time
No separate survey for distance calculation
Easy to analyse distribution pattern & large volumes
of data
Visual representation/ data at a click
Easy to understand demand aspects
Easy to locate schools with unclear address
7. India Institute’s School Mapping in Patna
GIS based
Covered all 72 wards - lane by lane
Only 30 man days to map 1293 schools
8. India Institute’s School Mapping in Patna -
Methodology
No map of Patna – every lane surveyed and map made
Recorded the route taken by the surveyor
Allows identification of areas/streets not covered
Allows measurement of distance between any points
Voice tagging
Quick
Does not require special skills
Any information can be added to the tag
Clicking on an icon can give information on school type,
address, level etc
Plotted on Google Maps
9. India Institute’s School Mapping in Patna -
Analysis
Categorised schools into 16 categories for in-depth analysis
Management type
Government, Aided, Unaided
Grade Level
Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary
Fee Level
Low Cost, Affordable, Higher Cost
Legal Status
Recognised, Un-recognised
Identification of preferred school location in an area by analysing
distribution pattern
Analysis of private school distribution in the catchment area of
each government school for better understanding of aspiration
and demand