Launch of UWEZO Kenya first literacy assessment

Mohamed Elmi, the Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands, launched the first annual learning assessment by UWEZO Kenya on 22 April 2010. UWEZO is a new regional initiative in East Africa which seeks to assess and improve literacy and numeracy skills among children.
The report highlighted the particular educational challenges facing Kenya arid districts, and the depth of inequality between the north and the rest of Kenya.