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Garissa County ECDE GIS Portal

County Government of Garissa · Education & ECDE · Directorate of ICT, E-Government & GIS
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ECDE dashboard

Enrolment, staffing, WASH service levels and risk for surveyed centres. Uses the filters from the Map tab.

WASH service ladders

WHO/UNICEF JMP service levels for schools (share of centres)

Learners by sub-county

Boys and girls enrolled (all levels in the centre)

Learners by ward

Total enrolment and number of centres

Pupil–teacher ratio

Centres by PTR band; Kenya ECDE norm is 25:1

Main drinking-water source

Where centres get water (no source = no water normally)

Hazards experienced

Share of centres reporting each hazard

Infrastructure snapshot

Share of centres with each asset

Access to services

Distance to nearest health facility and water point

Source: QII School WASH Survey (KoboToolbox), County Government of Garissa, 24–30 May 2025. Analysis: Directorate of ICT, E-Government & GIS.

ECD centre directory

Investment priorities

Centres ranked by need: low WASH & infrastructure readiness, large enrolment and flood exposure. Use for planning WASH, classrooms and DRR investments.

Data cleaning & quality

What was fixed in the raw Kobo export, and which records need verification in the field.

GPS quality

From the device-reported accuracy

Issues by type

Entries in the data-quality log

About the ECDE GIS Portal

A single place to see where Garissa's Early Childhood Development Education centres are, how many children they serve and the condition of their water, sanitation, hygiene and buildings, so the County can plan and prioritise investment.

What's in the portal

Coordinate reference system

UseCRSNotes
Storage and web mapWGS 84, EPSG:4326 (lat/lon)As captured by KoboCollect GPS; displayed on Web Mercator (EPSG:3857) basemaps.
Kenya national gridArc 1960 / UTM 37N (EPSG:21097) and 37S (EPSG:21037)Garissa straddles the equator, so the zone is chosen by hemisphere. Values stored as arc1960_e / arc1960_n.
WGS 84 UTMEPSG:32637 / EPSG:32737Stored as utm_wgs84_e / utm_wgs84_n; shown live in the map read-out.

Method

IndicatorDefinition
Drinking water serviceBasic: improved source (piped, protected well/spring, tanker) with water available on the survey day. Limited: improved source, no water that day. No service: unimproved/surface source or no water.
Sanitation serviceBasic: improved latrines (with slab or flush), usable, separated for girls and boys. Limited: improved but not usable or not separated. No service: no toilets or unimproved.
Hygiene serviceBasic: handwashing facility with water and soap. Limited: water but no soap. No service: no facility or no water.
WASH score (0–100)40% water + 35% sanitation + 25% hygiene (Basic 100, Limited 50, None 0).
Infrastructure scoreElectricity, secure perimeter, DRR plan, weather-resistant structures, building condition.
Readiness index70% WASH score + 30% infrastructure score.
Flood riskHigh: inside 2023/24 UNOSAT/VIIRS flood extents or <2 km from the Tana. Medium: <5 km from the Tana or school reports past floods. Low: otherwise.
Priority score60% × (100 − readiness) + 25% × enrolment percentile + 15% × flood risk. Top 20% = High, next 30% = Medium.

Garissa County at a glance

Sub-countyPopulation (2019 census)Area (km²)ECD centres surveyed

Population and area: Garissa County Integrated Development Plan 2023–2027 (Table 7, KNBS 2019 census); county total 841,353. The 2025 WASH survey covered Garissa Township, Balambala and Lagdera. The other sub-counties appear through the county schools register layer. Further survey rounds can be added to the data file without changing the portal.

Context

Sources

Open data downloads

Privacy

Head-teacher phone numbers are masked in this public portal and enumerator names are removed, in line with the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019. Field photos are linked to KoboToolbox and open only for authorised county users. The full dataset is kept by the County.

© County Government of Garissa · Developed by the Directorate of ICT, E-Government & GIS. Data: May 2025 survey. Portal built October 2026.