Department of Education

SCHOOL 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.

Juan and MAPaaralan

Knowing 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

How is it being used?

Enrolment data, classroom inventory,
number teachers and many other schoolrelated information is linked with the schools
geolocation which allows visualization and
geospatial analysis.

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 doesnt 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
Juans learning experience is made easier.

Its crowded there,

whats 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?
Wheres the nearest
high school?