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School Locations
Click and zoom to view primary and secondary schools across the country. Proximity to school plays a significant role in accessing primary and secondary education.
Secondary schools are even less prevalent in the northern and western regions, where there are also the highest poverty rates.
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Poverty
Poverty rates are highest in the north and southeast, where there are also less schools available. This educational and economic disadvantage creates an enormous challenge for enrollment and retention of children, especially girls, in these areas. See the most common reasons keeping children from school.
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Reasons not attending School
Family, health, and financials are frequently cited as the reason for never attending school.
Regardless of the school location and public education ensured as a universal right, many factors can jeopardize the student attendance and retention.
These factors can impact school performance.
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Literacy
Literacy is one measurement of the performance of an education system. High literacy rates throughout many districts are the result of a strong primary education system. However, many gaps can be seen, with some literacy rates falling below 20 percent in arid areas with lower populations.
Exam results are another way to evaluate performance.
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2010 Exam Results
Exam results from 2010 show a range of positive performance. Districts in the north west performed considerably well on primary exams.
When looking at performance over the last four years, many counties have increased the number of passing students while others have declined.
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Exam Results 2006-10
From 2006-2010, many counties greatly improved exam scores for both primary and secondary schools. Areas of light grey or negative change contrasts with the dark blue or where there was positive change.
Some areas with positive 2010 scores have seen only marginal or even negative improvement over the last four years.
Visualizing test scores at the school-level add depth to the education analysis.
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KCSE Performance Locations
Click and zoom to view student performance on the Kenyan Certificate of Secondary Education in 2010. The results show the percentage of students whose score fell within one grade-level (+/-) from the grade listed.
Allowing direct comparison between nearby schools can help teachers, communities and the Kenyan government better understand what changes need to be made.
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Spending Per Capita
Amount spending on education varies from county to county. Spending per capita also reveals how efficient counties are in generating positive exam results. Areas of lower investment in some cases have shown some of the most positive exam results.
View student enrollment to continue to explore the efficiency of investment.
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Net Enrollment Rate
Net enrollment rate is the percentage of eligible school-age children who are enrolled in a school. It is a measure of overall access, but also of gender equity. In Kenya, enrollment is fairly uniform in the most populated areas.
Still ensuring students are learning, once they are in class, remains a challenge. Factors such as pupil-teacher ratios can determine the effectiveness of their education.
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
The quality of education differs dramatically between public and private schools, with the average pupil-teacher ratio in public primary schools almost 3 times higher than private. High student to pupil ratios are seen where there are poor exam results.
See Bungoma county where the average ratio is 65 pupils per teacher.