Millions schooling, but learning little

Nairobi, Kenya: Schools reopened for the second term this month. Candidates and teachers are all into setting sail in completing the curriculum and making time for revision for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination that is only six months away. Recently, during the launch of the Global Monitoring Report 'Education for All 2000-2015', the Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi said over two million children were not attending school.

Uwezo 2012 Annual Learning Assessment report paints a grim reality on the Kenyan state of education because there is evidence that minimal learning takes place in schools.