Determining the optimal school location using CRITIC-based TOPSIS and PROMETHEE II methods the case of Kilis

In our study, the problem of school site selection for the reconstruction of schools that are heavily damaged and demolished in Kilis province, which is one of the 11 provinces affected by the February 6 Kahramanmaraş earthquake is handled. As a result of the investigations, it has been determined that the number of schools at the secondary school level cannot meet the potential student population, and therefore, the purpose of the study is to select the most suitable location for the reconstruction of a secondary school. Since many criteria should be evaluated together in the selection of, the Criteria Importance Determination Through Correlation Between Criteria (CRITIC) is used for determining weights of the criteria and then ,The Preference Ranking Technique According to Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) methods, and The Preference Ranking Organization Method for Enrichment Evaluation which are multi-criteria decision-making methods, were applied for site selection. In the study, firstly, the lands allocated as educational areas for secondary education in Kilis province were determined and these lands were used as alternative data of the study. For the determination of criteria, expert opinions and studies in the literature were used and the weights of the determined criteria were calculated with the CRITIC method and the lands allocated as alternative educational areas were ranked with the TOPSIS and PROMETHEE II methods and the results of these two methods were compared. In the study, 5 different criteria were evaluated for 5 alternative educational allocation areas in the school site selection. As a result, the accessibility criterion was selected as the most important criterion and according to the TOPSIS method result, the Rıfat Kazancıoğlu educational facility area was determined as the best alternative and according to the PROMETHEE II method result, the Kazım Karabekir educational facility area was determined as the best alternative.