More children in schools now but literacy, numeracy skills remain low
The Uwezo report shows that there are large differences in test results among countries in East Africa and a large difference in pass rates between districts within individual countries. TEA GRAPHIC | NATION MEDIA GROUP
One out of four children in East Africa will not have acquired literacy and numeracy skills by their final year in primary school, a new report says.
A study conducted by Uwezo East Africa in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, shows that only 20 per cent of pupils in East Africa can read and do basic mathematics in the third year of primary school.
