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The NAPE assessments were administered to the pupils of Primary three (P3) and Primary six (P6). In addition, the P6 tests were administered to in-service teachers, pre-service teachers and tutors.
Unlike the NAPE reports, this time assessments was not administered to secondary school students, precisely, those in their second year of secondary school.
Officials attributed this to lack of adequate funds to carry out assessments for senior two students.
“Our problem is funding, so I am standing here with our begger’s heart in my hands for assistance, so that senior two assessments can also be done,” said the UNEB boss Daniel Nokrach Odongo.
Nearly three quarters (71.7%) of the P3 pupils reached the defined competency level in numeracy. 60.2 of the P3 pupils were competent in literacy in English.
Just over half of the P6 pupils reached the required competency levels in numeracy and literacy in English at 52.6% and 51.9% respectively.
The report indicates that only 21.8% of pre-service teachers were proficient in numeracy, with 15.7% of these female while for the males, it was 29.9%.
There was a significant number of in-service teachers and tutors proficient in numeracy. 60.4% and 91.1% of the in-service teachers and PTC tutors were competent in the same area respectively.
More of the in-service teachers (66.4%) were rated more proficient than tutors, who were at 50.6%. Only 38.8% of pre-service teachers reached the proficiency level in this area.
“Our prayer as UNEB is that this report does not join other documents that have been consigned to the shelves, never to be looked at again, but as a rich resource,” said Odongo.
