A 2021 study by the Global Out of School Children Initiative revealed that there are more than two million children aged between four and 17 years that have been out of school since the third term of 2021.
The Long Rains Assessment Report by the National Disaster Management Authority projects that an additional 1.6 million children are at high risk of dropping out of school as schools reopen for the first term next year as the hunger crisis worsens.
Mandera, Garissa, Wajir, Turkana and Marsabit are among the worst affected counties with Mandera having the highest number of school dropouts of 295,470 children aged between four and 17 years old.
Garissa follows with 289,410, Wajir at 266,540, Turkana at 253,640 then Marsabit at 107,600 dropouts.
Other counties also greatly affected are Narok with 83,020, West Pokot (80,070) and Samburu with 64,818 school dropouts.