Spatial Analysis of the Distribution of Pre-schools in Port Harcourt Municipality, Rivers State Nigeria

Pre-primary education which is referred to as pre-school education comprises all forms of organized instruction given to children before they enroll for primary education.The distribution in relation to location tends to have significant impacts in accessibility especially in neighbourhoods in developing countries or regions.This study used the survey method with descriptive quantitative approach in collection, analysis and presentation of data.Data were collected by primary and secondary means.Primary data were collected by the application of Global Positioning System (GPS) and were integrated in to the Geographic Information System (GIS) environment.A high resolution Satellite Imagery of the study area was acquired using Google Earth Pro and UTM Geo.Map engine.The image was imported in to QGIS environment then projected to Geographical Coordinate System by World Geodetic System (WGS 1984); Geo-referenced and subset.Information presented in tables and maps.Purposively, thematic 2kilometer radius map and nearest neighborhood index via spss to determine the distance between the pre-schools as well as pattern of the distribution were employed.