While enrolment of learners in schools has greatly improved in Kenya, low literacy and numeracy rates still exist. A report released by Usawa Agenda in April 2022 indicated that only four out of 10 children in Grade 4 can read fluently in English.
This means that a majority of our children are moving to Grade 4 when they can’t even read this newspaper. The 2019 national census showed that nine out of 10 children aged between 6-13 years are enrolled in school, which begs the question: how many of these children get to learn effectively?
