This paper analysed the spatial distribution of Primary schools in the area and the
objectives are to make an inventory of the schools in the area, to create a geodatabase
of the schools in the area and to analyse the pattern of the schools in the
area. About 30% of the Primary schools in the urban areas run double shift, There
are over 2 million Primary School children in Kano State (47.7% female and 52.3%
male), the primary school teacher ratio is 42 pupils per teacher. Data pertaining the
addresses of all the primary schools in the area were sourced at the Ministry of
Education Kano State. The coordinates of all the primary schools were taking using
Global Position System (Garmin 76csx GPS model) and ArcGIS 9.3 with SPSS was
used for the analysis. The analyses shows that the distribution of primary schools in
the area is more concentrated in areas around the Fagge A, B and D than areas
around Kurna, while the buffer zones shows that schools around Sabon Gari and
Fagge are closer to the roads and Markets. The database shows there are 222
classrooms, 12,693 pupils and 558 teachers in the area. The tool of analysis (Nearest
Neighbour) was used to analyze the pattern of the distribution and the result shows
the value of 2.58 which is dispersed and the correlations indicated the R value of
0.837 and the result shows a perfect significant relationship between the number of
teacher and pupils. The paper concluded Thus, the end product of the GIS will be
part of an Educational Decision Support System that provides the user with a map of
specific region with focus on the schools locations and all related information to
assist decision-makers in either expanding current school or suggesting sites for new
schools in Fagge and also for student and resources location/allocation. it
recommends that some primary schools were over staffed and there is need for the
use of GIS in the educational sector for planning.