The department of Education and Sports provides strategic guidance and promotes quality in Education and physical education and Sports in the City. Its core functions are to:

• Plan, design and manage the education management system; the pre-primary, primary, secondary, special needs schools and institutions of the city including the provision of the facilities and learning materials.
• Plan and conduct periodic supervision and inspections to quality assure the curriculum, methods of teaching, classroom and facilities.
•  Conduct professional development programs for the teachers and Education Managers including formal training, refresher, knowledge exchange and work-based programs in the primary, secondary, special needs schools and vocational institutions.
•  Sensitize and build awareness of the education services in the City and manage provision of alternative education programs for children without access to the formal education. Monitor and evaluate the private educational providers in the City to ensure conformity with the educational standards.
•  Monitor the implementation of physical education, sports and recreational programs in the City.