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The county recruited 520 Early Childhood De-
velopment and Education (ECDE) teachers
from the six-sub-counties on a contract basis.
For those who are trained, a scheme of service
was developed for them from Job Group G to
R. The County Government further advised the
trained teachers to register with TSC for profes-
sional development.

Robust education policies
Mandera County has constructed six ECDE
model classrooms. In addition, a further 173 The employment of ECDE teachers, for exam- ondary schools, to assist in teaching various
classrooms have been constructed and are ple, is matched with quality training and proper subjects to fill the gap. The county also gave
already in use. Meanwhile, the ECDE training remuneration. ECDE programmes are crucial a monthly stipend Sh10,000 to the UTs, which
college started operating in January, 1998 and for laying the foundation for further education totaled to about Sh184 million. This stop-gap
since then, 1,078 trainees have graduated from and character development. Pre-schooling measure was however discontinued after the
the institution. plays a central role in establishing quality de- security situation in the county improved.
velopment of individuals.
Our vision is to tackle the challenges in the ed- Most of the county’s ECDE teachers and UTs
ucation sector - from ECDE, primary, second- Children from low-income households who ac- were the ones involved in running both pri-
ary to vocational training and tertiary level - by cess ECDE services will be more likely to enroll mary and secondary schools during a nation-
providing learners with bursaries. This will go a in primary schools at the right age, and will be wide teachers’ strike that paralysed teaching
long way in the fight against illiteracy, poverty less likely to drop out of school. In the arid and throughout the country. During our assessment
and insecurity.
semi arid lands (ASALs), only nine to 10 per and supervision, 90 per cent of county teachers
cent of children access ECDE services. (ECDE and UTs) were present and performing
With this in mind, Mandera County rolled out their duties as required by the County Govern-
robust education policies, ranging from teacher After a series of terror attacks that led to a num- ment.
employment in partnership with TSC, training, ber of non-local teachers leaving the county,
funding of mock exams, prize giving ceremo- Governor Ali Roba issued an executive order Induction course for untrained teachers
nies, improvement of infrastructure to provision for the deployment of 615 untrained teachers In 2015, 460 ECDE teachers underwent a 16-
of learning materials, among other initiatives. (UTs) to primary schools, and over 377 to sec- day induction course conducted by lecturers

Governor Ali Roba handing over a school bus at Moi Girl High School in Mandera.