The ministry of education of has recalled 7,500 class two pupils from 300 public schools across the country to take part in a Mathematics Survey.
The survey will run from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th.
“The survey is aimed at determining class two competency levels in numeracy,” said the permanent secretary of the ministry of education Belio Kipsang.
The study is part of the Kenya Primary Education Project PRIEDE, which aims at improving numeracy competencies of learners in lower primary school.
"Pupils will be required to bring learning materials required for the mathematics lesson," added Kipsang.
The assessment will be supervised by Kenya National Education Council.
It will involve class two Mathematics teachers, the head teacher and senior teacher from whom relevant data will be collected to feed the research.
Under PRIEDE, the government received a grant of Ksh8.9 billion from the Global Partnership for Education to support Early Grade Mathematics in public primary schools and its being implemented under the supervision of the World Bank.