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Our Bursary Fund Board has
disbursed Kshs126,000,000
bursary fund to support bright
and poor students to pursue
their education.
• 9,111 in various colleges
• 10,214 in Secondary schools
• 248 in TTCs
• 177 in Technical Training
Institutes bringing the number
to a total of 19,700 students
getting support.
- Roba

Hairdressing graduands demonstrate their skills during the graduation ceremony at the Mandera
Vocational Training College.
he Mandera County Department of Educa-
tion and Vocational College is committed
Tto enhancing access to equity, quality and
relevant education at all levels.
It is also committed to enhancing access to tech-
nical and vocational education training to provide
skilled and globally competitive employable hu-
man resources in line with the Mandera County
Integrated Development Plan and Kenya Vision
2030.
It is in the realization of the importance of the edu-
cational sector that we are committed to address-
ing various challenges facing the education sec-
tor, including low student/teacher ratio and poor
transition at all school levels.

Early Childhood Development Infrastructure
Early Childhood and Development Education is
one of the functions fully devolved, as provided
under Schedule 4 of the Constitution, 2010.
The Mandera County Government has invested
in the ECDE sector, which has 269 public
ECDE centres. Governor Roba gives a personal sponsorship cheque to sponsor bushra’s high school
In collaboration with the National Government, education after she topped the North-Eastern region in the 2018 KCPE exam.
the department has realized positive gains with-
Education key to development
in the educational sector.
The county has constructed an additional 171
ECDE centres with an enrollment of 23,120 FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE
learners staffed by 530 ECDE teachers. We
will also be recruiting an additional 300 ECDE
teachers including Arabic teachers in the Min-
istry of Education curriculum. The department’s the department is provided school meal pro- ing to pursue various careers. We are currently
commitment towards bridging the teachers gap grammes to all the centres within the county. in the process of disbursing the Sh128,000,000
of in the county and support for curriculum su- The department shall also undertake immu- bursary fund to support bright and poor students
pervision remains paramount. nization programmes, deworming exercises pursue specialised teaching, medicine and tech-
This year 260 students from the ECDE College and the growth monitoring programmes at all nical courses.
in Mandera sat for the exams administered ECDE centres in collaboration with the Ministry
by the Kenya National Examinations Council of Health. This year, the Mandera County Government will
(KNEC). Out of this number, 105 have complet- sponsor the top 10 girls who completed KCPE
ed ECDE proficiency exams, 98 completed the Mandera County bursary Fund in 2018 to study courses in engineering, archi-
certificate level whereas 57 students completed As part of Governor Ali Roba’s Education Transfor- tecture, quantity surveying and other innovative
their diplomas. To boost the nutrition levels and mative Programme, the department has been of- subjects.
enhanced enrolments within our ECDE centres, fering scholarship programmes to students wish-