Food for thougth?
The survey, released by Ipsos Synovate on February 6, indicates that athough Kenya introduced free universal primary education programme in 2002 and has seen major increases in enrolment, more than 44 per cent of Kenyans have primary school level education and below. Further, only 15 per cent of city residents have studied up to University level.
This means 2.4 million Kenyans have no formal education and a further 6. 2 million have only primary level education, basing on the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2015 report, which stated that the country has a population of 47.8 million people.
“Despite major increases in enrolment in educational institutions at all levels, still more than one third of all adult Kenyans have not gone beyond primary school,” read part of the report. The survey was conducted between January 9 and 26, this year and covered a total of 2,057 respondents.
North Eastern has the highest number of uneducated residents with 66 per cent not having completed primary school, followed by coast with 57 per cent, western 53 percent, eastern 45 percent and Rift Valley at 42 per cent; Whats really concerning is that less than one per cent of Kenyans have post-graduate degree, three per cent completed university, and 6 per cent mid-level college.
Meanwhile, the survey indicates that more Kenyans are either unemployed or in self-employment with a combined percentage of 62 per cent, 22 per cent and 40 per cent respectively.
