Primary school pupils in a class. [Photo/cio.co.ke]
Four out of every one hundred class 8 pupils in Nairobi cannot perform Class 2 work satisfactorily.
This is according to a survey conducted and released by Twaweza East Africa. It was conducted on pupils aged between 6-16 years.
Pupils were assessed on their ability to read a class 2 story book or 'hadithi'.
Nairobi County has been ranked 4th nationally. Literacy levels are at 57.2% which is ten points higher than the national average of 47.4%.
The survey revealed that half of the pupils is Class 3 can read class 2 work. The same is not the case among Class 8 pupils as only 4 out every 100 can read class 2 work.
Nairobi West district led in the overall national ranking as it placed 7th with a literacy average of 60 per cent. Nairobi East and Nairobi North follow at 21 and 23 with 56.3 and 56.3 per cent respectively.
Learning outcomes showed that 53 out of 100 pupil in Nairobi North can do Class 2 Math as compared to 85 out 100 in Nairobi West district.
The county's support for Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE) also came into question as it revealed that the county supports only 14 out of 100 ECDE centers. This is lower than the national average.
A good number of preschool children, 95 out of every 100, are however attending school regularly.
The study also showed that there are 15 teachers per school per with 10 streams in Nairobi as compared to 12 teachers per school with 10 streams nationally. Nairobi East district led in this area with 2 teachers per stream.
In a single day, 8 out of 100 children miss school as compared to 16 out of 100 teachers. This was the case on the day Uwezo visited the schools.
In the county, girls perform better than boys in reading both English and Kiswahili stories. Nairobi West district has the highest literacy levels in English while Nairobi North has highest literacy level in Kiswahili.
Literacy levels in the county are higher than the national average.