The survey conducted by Usawa Agenda, a lobby championing equitable access to quality education, indicated only 22 per cent of students interviewed in forty-two counties were accessing online learning resources with those enrolled in private schools being twice as likely to take part in digital learning compared to their counterparts in public schools.
A child in a private school is twice as likely to be accessing digital learning compared to his/her counterpart in public school.
Less than 10 per cent of learners in public schools are accessing digital learning materials," the report reads in part.
"Nine out of ten school heads officials interviewed estimated less than 30 per cent of their schools to have any measures in place to reach children with learning materials while six out of ten School Heads Association officials interviewed estimated less than 10 per cent of public schools have measures in place to reach children with learning materials," the report further read.
Prof Magoha said the committee is expected to advise him on reviewing and reorganizing the school calendar as part of the post COVID-19 recovery strategy.
