G2 TEAM 7

Ex-Schools Me! is a project under the module SMT201 Geographic Information Systems for Urban Planning by Professor Kam Tin Seong in Singapore Managament University (SMU).

Our group has chosen Theme 2: 'Geography of Accessibility with GIS-based Network Analysis' and we decided to focus on Sub-Theme 1: 'Impact of Closures or Mergers of Education Institutions on Equity of Access'. 

Since these schools closed after the mergers, we aptly coined the phrase Ex-Schools as part of our name.

Motivation:

The impacts of the mergers of education institutions that affects the equity of access by people.

  • Research on how mergers affect people

  • Shortest path (The distance that people have to travel to school)

  • Network analysis on how the transportation changes from different education levels e.g. Primary School vs Secondary School (Analyse how accessible the education institutions are from neighbourhood buildings)

Data Used:

The data used are as follows:

  • Data.gov (School Directory and Information 24 March Year 2021)

Additional Data Created:

  • Created additional CSV files to input all mergers of different years, merged schools in Year 2019 and future merges Year 2022 - Year 2024

Scope of work:

  • Levels studied - Primary, Secondary, Post-Secondary

  • Time frame: Past mergers - 2019, Current - 2020-2021, Future mergers - all announced from 2022-2024

  • Transport Analysis for Anderson Junior College and Serangoon Junior College

Objectives:

The objective of this project are as follows:

  • Objective 1: Prepare accessibility maps to identify and compare the change in accessibility over the years for the 3 levels of education

  • Objective 2: Prepare a catchment map to prove and understand the decisions of certain school sites over others for merged schools

Project Timeline (Gannt Chart)

The project timeline are as follows:

For clearer view: Gannt Chart