Absence of teachers from school was reported to affect the syllabus coverage at 47.7 per cent. About 85.9 per cent of headteachers had not benefited to a large extent from ICT in-service training,” says the report. Garissa County had the highest percentage of over-age Standard Three pupils in a trend observed in most of the other ASAL counties. ALSO READ: Official warns schools on PTAsHowever, the poor performance could be put down to the high teacher shortages also reported in the region. While the overall teacher shortage was 27.7 per cent nationally, some counties such as West Pokot surpassed that by as much as 50 per cent.

Source: Standard Digital February 03, 2018 08:48 UTC