A new report reveals significant shortcomings in Kenya's Competency-Based Education (CBE) transition, despite its aim to improve the education system.

• A Knec survey found 73.2% of Grade 3 learners lack minimum numeracy proficiency and 58.9% struggle with basic English literacy.
• Key issues include widespread teacher absenteeism (44.4% nationally), inadequate textbooks, and a lack of basic infrastructure, with 1,452 out of 9,504 senior schools missing laboratories.
• A shortage of 100,000 teachers and insufficient training for assessments are further hindering the CBE rollout, threatening to disadvantage learners, especially in public schools.