There were 507 registered public and independent schools in the District (491 ordinary public, 16 ordinary independent and 3 special schools). The District had five categories of schools i.e. primary, secondary, combined, and pre-primary and LSEN. Schools were categorised in two Circuits with each Circuit being divided into wards. Wards were managed by Superintendent of Education Managers (SEMs). Each SEM had approximately 30 schools to manage with daily operations managed by Circuit Managers. Unfortunately, schools in the district were not equally distributed through the 17 wards thus creating a discrepancy in the number of schools per ward.