Secondary Schools Student information and Enrolment status 2012-2017 183 Looking at the five-year period from 2013 to 2017, secondary school enrollment increased from 307216 in 2013 to 372885 in 2017 representing a growth of 21.4 percent. Enrollment in public secondary schools has been increasing consistently from 2013 to 2015 with average annual growth rate of 11.4 percent, but decreased by 1.8 percent in 2016. The enrollment increased by 6 percent between 2015/16 and 2016/17. In terms of proprietorship, public school enrollment accounted for approximately 79 percent of secondary school enrollment in 2016/17, while private schools accounted for 21 percent. In the 2016/17 academic year, more boys were enrolled (52 percent) compared to girls (48 percent). Graph 3: Secondary School Enrollment 2013 – 2017 – Source – Ministry of Education Science and Technology School infrastructure Graph 4: Classroom Numbers: Source – Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 65