Pupils poor performance in KCPE examination has remained a conundrum to many parents.
Striking questions emerge from different regions of the country as to why this happens to kids.
A few references of research findings by Twaweza are deeply alarming, such as the 2011 Uwezo reports which was disseminated after an intense data collection countywide that only 40% of children aged between 7 and 13 could read a class 2 story.
These could be majority of pupils within class 2 to 8, and furthermore the same percentage could solve class 2 division. The question remains in the public, how the 60% will improve both in literacy and numeracy. To worsen the mater, the 2014 findings show that the figure has reduced by 1%.
The 2014 Uwezo national assessment report shows children from less privileged households being less likely to attend school and progress compared with children from well-to-do households.
This shows that provision of basic needs to pupils contribute to academic progress. 16% of children aged below 7 years in the North Eastern were unable to read letters. This makes a slight difference with Nairobi, which had 14%.
BY Barnabas Masakhalia