MINEDUC to reap big from GIS rollout – Minister

GASABO - The Ministry of Education is set to benefit from the Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a geographic ICT infrastructure dealing in mapping, statistical analysis and surveying. This was revealed Tuesday by the State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Theoneste Mutsindashyaka, during the closing session of a one-week training of 15 students in mapping and analysing land use, electricity consumption and water distribution in Kinyinya village. The training was organized by the Environment System Research Institute (ESRI). During his speech, the Minister underscored that there are many potential benefits the education sector is set to get from GIS. “The GIS infrastructure is one of those innovations we really need in our sector. It’s both an education and development tool which if sufficiently adopted will even step up our ICT programme since it’s also digitally packaged,” said Mutsindashyaka.