Elgeyo Marakwet County

Children 6- Learner Teacher Children Pupils in Pupils in Class 3 Class 3 who Children out 16 years Attendance Attendance 3-5 years in private class 3 who who can can do District of school receiving on day of on day of pre-school school can read read story division (%) extra tuition visit visit (%) (%) hadithi (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) KEIYO 70.63 0.84 5.97 41.96 29.31 32.46 43.96 56.20 83.49

MARAKWET 61.42 1.41 6.38 33.11 23.84 27.15 41.09 58.53 88.73

COUNTY 66.03 1.13 6.18 37.54 26.58 29.81 42.76 57.36 86.11 AVERAGE NATIONAL 60.2 3.7 12.6 32.9 27.2 31.1 48.6 86.5 87.0 AVERAGE

Preschool attendance in Elgeyo-Marakwet is above the national average. The number of out of school children is low especially in . Learning levels differ between the two districts with Keiyo district posting higher learning levels than . Daily school attendance is very low, with more than 4 out of 10 children missing school daily. Teacher attendance in Keiyo district is lower than the national average with 17 out of 100 teachers missing school daily.

Sample Tests

STADI YA KUSOMA READING TEST NUMERACY ASSESSMENT

Kusoma maneno Hadithi Letters Words Story Count and Match sima goli Wekesa na Nafula ni wanafunzi. Siku moja mwalimu wao alipanga safari. w o day shop Monday will be Jamhuri day. It is a kucha baba Ilikuwa safari ya kwenda . great day in . There will be a d pet girl embe jino Waliamka mapema siku ya kusafiri. i party in our school. Many people will Hawakunywa chai. Walikwenda shuleni eye road come. We will sing and dance. The koti mto m moja kwa moja. Walikuta wanafunzi c sun roof boys will raise the flag. Our flag uma wengine wakiwa na furaha. Mwalimu has four colours. It teaches us vazi head class aliwaita wapande basi. Wanafunzi z h many things. Black shows the colour Mtoto asome sahihi 4 kati ya walikimbilia basi. Wakielekea of the people. Red is for our blood. 1 7 4 2 9 8 5 3 yoyote 5 atakayochagua The child should attempt to Mombasa, waliona wanyama wengi. Green is for our land. White is the read any five. At least four Count and match with the correct symbol. Walifika Mombasa mchana. Ilikuwa best colour. It means love and attempts must be correct. Should count any 5. At least 4 must be correct. safari ndefu. Huko Mombasa, waliona peace for all. I like our flag. minazi, bahari, meli na feri. Mwalimu Aya Paragraph Q1. Who will raise the flag? Addition Subtraction Multiplication aliwaongoza kupanda feri. Feri ilikuwa Division My home is in Meru. Q2. Why is white the best colour? imebeba watu na magari. Wanafunzi 33 48 2 x 2 = 6 ÷ 2= Mimi ni raia wa Kenya. walishangaa sana. Kweli Mombasa ni + 12 -27 Meru is a big town. 3 x 5= mji wa kupendeza. 12 ÷ 3= Ninapenda bendera yetu. Many people live there. 1. Wekesa na Nafula walitembelea mji 11 88 5 x 2 = 15 ÷ 5= Bendera ina rangi nne. We go to pray on Friday.. upi? + 38 -22 Watu wote huisifu.. 2. Ni kitu gani ambacho kiliwashangaza 4 x 3 = 10 ÷ 2= wanafunzi? The child should read the The child should attempt the two paragraph questions Should attempt any 3. At least 2 must be correct. Mtoto asome aya Mtoto ajibu maswali yote mawili

1. The enrolment of children is above the national average. 3 2. Learning levels are FACTS low. In Marakwet ABOUT LEARNING District, only 3 out of IN ELGEYO 10 class 3 children MARAKWET can do class 2 work. 3. Learner absenteeism is high across the county.

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