The mission of the department is to build and maintain capacity in education services, improve service delivery as per the national education policies, education strategic investment plan and municipal development so as to ensure all learners have equal opportunities to access quality education services through improvement of infrastructure and mode of service delivery.
Busia MC has 1 government aided secondary school and 7 government aided primary schools.
Status of government aided schools in Busia Municipal Council
| s/no | School | Pupil enrolment | No. of teachers |
| 1 | Busia secondary school | 2556 | 41 |
| 2 | Buchicha primary school | 2837 | 23 |
| 3 | Madibira primary school | 2609 | 38 |
| 4 | Marachi primary school | 1486 | 19 |
| 5 | Arubaine primary school | 1531 | 19 |
| 6 | Mawero East primary school | 2077 | 21 |
| 7 | Busia Border primary school | 1725 | 22 |
| 8 | Busia Intergrated primary school | 1405 | 22 |
