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The advent of devolution brought with it increased enrolment
in schools. ECDE enrolment increased from 16,231 to 37,236;
primary school enrolment improved from 74,545 to 84,632, while
secondary school enrolment increased from 8,000 to 12,500.

• Preparation of work plans and procurement
plans in all departments
• Awarding of scholarships to students who
completed Class Eight in 2013 – Twenty-five
students were picked by the Wings to Fly
Scholarship (15 boys and 10 girls), 12 girls
received scholarships from NoKET (Northern
Kenya Education Trust), while three boys and
one girl were awarded scholarships by Kenya
Commercial Bank (KCB)
• Employment of 520 ECDE teachers
Prize-giving days
Prize-giving days and parents’ meetings were
held in the following schools:
• Moi Girls Secondary School
• Arabia Boys Secondary School
• Sala Primary School
• Malkamari Primary School
• Kiliweheri Primary School Acrobats perform at Gither during Governor Roba’s sub-county visit.
• Mandera Secondary School
• Elram Primary School
• Buruburu Secondary School
• Elwak Mixed Secondary School
• Arabia Girls Secondary School
• Olla Primary School
• Joystart Academy
• Barwako Secondary School
• Wayam Secondary School
More milestones
• Reading culture was enhanced following
stoppage of cheating in examinations.
• Development and improvement of six sports
fields.
• Construction and completion of Moi Stadium
in Mandera East.
• Development and renovation of sports fields
at Moi Girls Secondary School, Mandera Sec-
ondary School, Wayam Secondary School,
Takaba Primary School and Elwak D.E.B Pri-
mary School.
• Peace tournament held in the six sub-coun- The Kenya Medical Training college in the county.
ties. Trophies were awarded to the six winning
teams. Mandera North were the overall winners • Feeding programme for 16,000 ECDE chil- County Government has constructed six more
and were awarded the championship’s trophy. dren in 214 centres. The food items dispatched vocational training centres.
• Training of 70 referees and coaches in the six included 3,000 bags of rice, 1,200 bags of Sports talent
sub-counties. beans, 4,864 bags of unimix porridge and 800 The department has promoted talents in both
• Education forums held at the sub-county level cartons of cooking oil. football and volleyball. A number of clubs were
to sensitise teachers, students and parents on registered and participated in inter sub-coun-
the importance of education and to celebrate Career opportunities for Mandera residents ties tournaments.
performance. Before devolution, only four ECDE teachers The First Lady Peace Cup tournament was
• Development of the County Education Bur- were employed by the defunct municipal coun- held in Mandera in 2015. A team from Mandera
sary Bill, 2014. Every ward has a bursary com- cil. Today, the county has 520 ECDE teachers County also participated in the inter-counties
mittee. and plans to recruit an additional 200. football and volleyball competitions in Kwale in
• The Mandera County Village Polytechnic Bill The vocational training centres produced over 2016. The County will continue developing tal-
2014 was also passed by the Assembly. 228 graduates trained in various skills. These ent promotion centres. For instance, Moi Sta-
• The Mandera County ECDE Policy will soon graduands were provided with necessary start- dium has been completed and besides promot-
be tabled in the Assembly. up kits to kick-start their careers. Before devolu- ing sports talent it will also be utilised for public
• The ECDE Scheme of Service is also ready tion, there were only two functional vocational functions.
for implementation. training centres in the entire county. Today, the