Principal Secretary for Basic Education Dr Belio Kipsang has said data collected during National School Census will be used to monitor progress in education sector, especially during the transition periods of various levels.
The PS who was speaking in Enoomatasani Girls in Ngong, Kajiado County during the data collection exercise closing ceremony, said the data once analyzed will assist the education sector to close data gaps while it also assists in boosting the existing data.
“Data and information that will be generated from the exercise will be of great importance both for the education sector and planning department. Our future decisions will be based on the data analysis and reports of this exercise,’’ Dr. Belio said.
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Economic Planning PS James Muhati said the concluded exercise is one of its kind and is expected to change a lot of operations in the socio-economic setting where education sector falls in.
“The school census data will provide up to date information for education planning, policy formulation, decision making and international reporting and comparisons,’’ Muhati said.
The two months’ data collection exercise was done by the National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
The exercise was carried out across the 47 counties using face to face method and it targeted all basic learning institutions in Kenya from pre-primary, primary, junior school and secondary schools, public and private institutions, including international and special schools.
By Obegi Malack
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