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Pupils can’t read or write: Survey

PHOTO | FILE Teachers on strike in July. They are accused of absenteeism and negligence.

What you need to know:

  • Children in arid areas have no desks as teachers blamed for the falling learning standards

Some pupils in Standard Eight cannot solve class two level mathematical division question, a new education report shows.

More than half Kenyan pupils in class three cannot also read Standard Two’s work, the survey reveals.