Guide
About the data
Survey objective
The 2025 Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (FLANA) has a twofold objective. First, it seeks to determine the extent to which children have acquired foundational literacy and numeracy skills by assessing their ability to read, comprehend, and perform basic mathematical tasks at a Grade 3 level. Second, it aims to generate deeper insight into the factors that shape learning outcomes and contribute to inequities in basic education.
FLANA comprises a household survey and a primary school survey. The household survey assessed children at home, whether in school or out of school, and collected information on household characteristics such as parental education, the household head and home language. The primary school survey collected information on staffing, enrolment, water, sanitation and hygiene, and the availability of resources such as computers and internet connectivity.
Survey coverage
The survey was conducted in all 47 counties. The household sample was drawn from 2,058 Enumeration Areas, stratified by county and by rural and urban areas into 92 strata. In each Enumeration Area, 20 households were randomly selected. In total, 44,587 households were listed, of which 41,156 were visited and participated in the survey. The primary school that served most children in each Enumeration Area was then selected, giving a total of 1,527 primary schools.
Grades covered
The foundational learning results on this dashboard are presented for three grades: Grade 3, Grade 4 and Grade 6. Each grade is shown separately, and Grade 3 is the default view. Learning outcomes for Grades 7, 8 and 9 are presented under the Junior School dataset.
Datasets on the dashboard
- Primary School: staffing, class size, absenteeism, water, sanitation and hygiene, and ICT indicators for primary schools.
- Junior School: staffing and absenteeism indicators for junior schools, together with learning outcomes for Grades 7, 8 and 9 from the household assessment. The survey records the type of school (public or private) only for children up to Grade 6, so these grades have no public–private split.
- Household: foundational literacy and numeracy results for Grades 3, 4 and 6, and household characteristics.
- Senior School: we will add this dataset later.
How to use the dashboard
Explore shows how counties and regions perform on a selected indicator. Choose a dataset, an indicator and, where offered, a grade or group. Regions are ranked from best to worst (an indicator with no better or worse end, such as the share of learners in private schools, is ranked from highest to lowest), and the dashed line marks the national average. Red means worse than the national average and purple better; the deeper the colour, the further from it. For the gender, location and school-type gaps, darker means closer to parity. Click a region to see its counties, or use the county search box to go straight to a county. A report for the country, a region or a county can be downloaded as a PDF.
Compare shows how results differ between groups of children or schools. Build a question using the three boxes: Show me an indicator, compared by a group such as region, wealth or grade, and, if needed, split by a second group such as gender. The dashed line marks the national average, and the “n” column at the right of each figure gives the number of children or schools behind each bar. Groups with fewer than 50 children are marked “insufficient sample” and their value is not shown. The scatter plot beside the figure (below it on a phone) shows how two indicators move together across counties or schools; it shows association, not cause.
Technical notes
How the data were prepared, every indicator’s definition, and the checks behind the figures, written for analysts: