EDUCATION STATUS
The region has a total of 723 primary schools (whereby 523 are government, (with 322 students), 129 are private owned (with 313,929 students)
Number of classrooms - required - 8,267
- Available - 5,210
- Deficit - 3,057
Libraries - 74, - required -
Number of teachers - 7,539 - required -
Number of teacher’s houses - 1,824, required-
Books pupils ratio 1:5 - required at least 1:2
Libraries - required - 523,
Available – 79, deficit - 444
Number of teachers – required - 8,373
Available - 7,783
Deficit - 590
Number of teacher’s houses – required – 8,049
Available - 1,845
Deficit - 6,204
Books pupils ratio 1:3 - required - 1:1
Available - 1:3
secondary education
Registered secondary schools - 234( 141 government with total of 80,927 students and 93 private owned with a total of 21,582 students) from 1 to v1
Number of teacher’s–2,834 required
Classrooms – required – 2,016
Available - 1,653
Deficit - 363
Teacher’s houses - required – 5,229
Available - 646
Available - 646, deficit – 4,583
Labaratories - required – 427
Available - 277
Deficit - 150
Libraries - required - 427
Available - 25
Deficit - 116
Dormitories’ for boys – required 293
Available 97
Deficit 196
Dormitories’ for girls - required 304
Available 81
Deficit 223
Dining halls - required 141
Available 27
Deficit 114
Administration blocks - required 141
Available 65
Deficit 78
Teachers colleges - registered 10 ( government 2, 8 private owned)
Universities – registered 10 ( 6 government, 4 private owned)
Challenges facing education sector
Inadequate facilities in primary and secondary schools such as classrooms, toilets, desks, laboratories and equipments
Teacher’s houses
Inadequate teachers in all levels specifically for science subjects in secondary schools.
Low pass rate, early pregnancy and dropouts are the major problems especially in areas where the community are pastoralist.
