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Kenya's literacy rate, 2014 UNESCO

The total number of literate persons in a given age group, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group. The dataset is provided by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics based on 2014 literacy data for Kenya.
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Kenyan pupil completion rates, 2017

This survey, compiled by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, includes pupil completion rates and primary to secondary transition rates. The report is from 2017 and available in PDF.
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Statistical booklet of 2014 school census data in Kenya

The booklet provides information on the number of schools, enrolment by gender and level of education, special needs learners, orphans and vulnerable children, basic education cycle schooling profile, gross enrolment and net enrolment rates. It also includes internal efficiency indicators, pupils/students teacher ratios, schools infrastructure and national examinations results. A useful education booklet published by the Kenyan Ministry of Education.
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Children’s ability to read for meaning

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study provides comparative data on student learning in reading. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. It has assessed reading comprehension in over 60 countries since 2001.
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List of federal, state and private universities in Nigeria

The National Universities Commission's (NUC) website lists federal, state and private universities as well as the year each institution was established. The NUC registers, accredits and regulates universities and the website provides general project updates on tertiary education in Nigeria.
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International comparable data on education and literacy in Africa

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics database provides cross-nation comparable data on education. This includes data on adult and child literacy in Africa.
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Interactive literacy map disaggregated by gender

The interactive UNESCO eAtlas for literacy maps literacy levels across the world. It allows the user to customise maps, charts and ranking tables for indicators covering youth, adult and elderly populations. Indicators are disaggregated by sex to better evaluate gender inequalities.
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School enrolment by country

This World Bank database uses UNESCO data to provide details of school enrolment by country. It has a databank tool for online visualisation and allows users to download raw data.
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Country data on education spending in Africa

The World Bank’s education database provides data on indicators such as government spending on education in each African country.

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