Analyses of the Performance Distribution of Junior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination/Available Facilities (A Case Study of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State)

OMOGUNLOYE O.G.1, QAADRI J. A.2, OLADIBOYE O.E3. AND OMOGUNLOYE H.B4
1Dept. of Surveying and Geoinformatics, University of Lagos, Lagos
2Dept. of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Oyo State
3Dept. of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Yaba Tech, Lagos
4Dept. of English Language, University of Lagos, Lagos
E-mail: gabolushohan@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
This research project focuses on the application of GIS to the performance distribution of Junior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination/available facilities in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area. The data used in the course of the project were results of the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Lagos Mainland Local Government Area from 1997 to 2004, the Administrative Map of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area, the GPS point position coordinates of the various schools, the Digital photographs of the schools and data on the facilities available in each school such as Library, Sports field and Laboratory. The data were structured in such a way that it can be queried to obtain the required result so as to achieve the aim and objective of the study. The AutoCAD 2000 was used to digitize the raster image of the study area. The attributes were attached in Arcview environment. Various queries were performed on the database created of all the junior secondary schools within the study area, and necessary conclusions and recommendations were made.