The SACMEQ IV Project in Kenya: a study of the conditions of schooling and the quality of education

The fourth Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) study aimed at assessing the conditions of schooling and achievement levels of learners and teachers in the areas of Literacy and Numeracy. The broad areas of assessment were: pupils’ characteristics and their learning environments, teacher characteristics, head teacher characteristics, and school infrastructure and management. SACMEQ IV study also assesses HIV and AIDS knowledge and attitudes of pupils and their teachers, an aspect introduced in SACMEQ III. SACMEQ IV data were collected in 2013 from 5,325 Standard 6 pupils (49.7% girls and 50.3% boys) in 224 primary schools in eight regions in Kenya.