Pre- Primary School Education (Early Childhood Development Education)

There are 615 pre-primary centres in the county, 470 public and 145 private centres. Enrollment in public pre-primary centres was at 30,657 learners of which 45.4% are boys while girls are 54.6%. The Gross Enrolment Rate (GER) increased marginally from 70.4% in 2013 to 74.6% in 2018 though slightly below the national average of 76%. This increase in GER is attributed to employment of more Pre- School Education teachers and improvement of infrastructure by the county government. However, this rate is still below the national average due to lack of robust nutritional support in some regions and child-conducive learning infrastructure. In 2018, transition rate from pre-primary to grade one was at 80%. The pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) stood at 44:1 compared to the national average of 29:1 while pupil classroom-ratio (PCR) was 94:1 in 2018, compared to the recommended 25:1. The transition rate from pre-primary to grade 1 was 80% in 2018 though the target was 100%.