Key Findings on the Levels of Life Skill, here are the Contents of the Report
The report on the assessment of life skills and values in East Africa has been released.
Speaking during the launch of the report Zizi Afrique Uasin Gishu County Coordinator Joshua Kemboi said a total of 17,276 adolescents from 14, 197 households aged 13-17 years from 798 enumerations were assessed.
He said the report showed that only five percent of adolescents are proficient in problem-solving.
“Most (55%) adolescents can recognize the existence of a problem from one perspective and act on that to identify a possible solution. They are, however, unable to identify multiple approaches to solving a problem,” Kemboi said.
He noted that only 9 percent of adolescents are proficient in self-awareness.
“Most adolescents can regulate their emotions(70 percent) but remain unaware of the multiple ways in which others might perceive and react to situations,” the Zizi Afrique Uasin Gishu Director said.
The report also recorded six percent of adolescents express high respect for others.
“52% of adolescents are able to interpret bad behavior as a lack of respect for others and may take conciliatory steps to resolve situations. However, they may be unable to act respectfully in defense of others and self,” Kemboi noted.
He said one in ten percent of adolescents is proficient in collaboration.
“47% of adolescents collaborate through speaking, being attentive in the discussion, and engaging actively in performance tasks but are unable to take a position, contribute ideas
and prompt others,” he noted.
About 43 percent of an adolescent can read grade 4 text.
“About 15 percent of the adolescent were completely unable to read an English text.37 percent of the adolescents responded correctly to all three comprehension questions from the text provided,” he said.
The report also shows that fifty percent of the adolescents can get on to the internet with ease.
“27 percent of the adolescents could not use the technology at all while 23 percent could do so with difficulty.31% of the adolescents are regular users of computers while 44 percent are regular users of feature phones,” he said.
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