The Ministry of Education (MoE) will launch a school web mapping project under the auspices of H E Dr Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah, Minister of Education on Wednesday.
During the inauguration ceremony, a film about the project and an exhibition explaining its application will be showcased. The project is one of the important programmes to be implemented by the ministry. It aims at
building a digital geographic database of all educational institutions and linking it to the ministry's web portal.
The project will help produce a digital atlas of educational buildings that will be printed in the project brochure issued by the directorate general of planning and quality control.
H E Dr Madeeha stated that the project will use Geographical Information System (GIS) technology and help experts analyse and process geographical data. The resulting information will subsequently help people involved in the education sector make appropriate decisions for its development
As part of the first stage of the project, members from the education directorates across the sultanate have compiled area-specific information about students and education institutes.
H E Saud bin Salim bin Ali al Balushi, the Undersecretary for education planning and development of human resources at MoE said that the project will aid experts decide on the appropriate areas to build education institutes.
© Muscat Daily 2012
