Primary Schools Student information and Enrolment status 2012-2017 178 Enrollment increased from 4,154,427 in 2012 to 5,073,721 in 2017, representing a 21.0 percentage growth. A total number of 4,964,474 learners were enrolled in public schools, only 109247 which is 2.15 (1.05 percent boys and 1.09 percent girls) were enrolled in private schools. The total enrolment has been growing at an average annual rate of 3.9 percent. A total of 802,445 new entrants enrolled in the year 2016/17, representing a proportion of 15.8 percent. (802,445/5,073,721) of the total enrollment. Across age of new entrants, a higher proportion (63.5 percent) was observed at 6 years, which is the official age of primary school entry. Graph 1: Enrollment in Primary School 2012 – 17 – Source - Ministry of Education Science and Technology School infrastructure 179 There were 41765 permanent classrooms in use, 6380 complete temporary classrooms in use and 13,189 classrooms requiring rehabilitation. Furthermore, the census revealed a requirement of about 27,113 extra classrooms for the entire primary sub-sector. Number of permanent classrooms has increased from 35,804 in 2013 to 41,765 in 2017, representing a growth of 16.6 percent. Most schools in 2017 reported bore holes (69 percent) as their main source of water followed by piped water (17 percent). About 6 percent of the schools reported to having no water. Access indicators 180 The overall gross intake ratio for standard one stands at 203; with 202 for girls and 204 for boys respectively. The net intake rate shows a high degree of access for 6 year olds, 63