Last year, Uwezo carried out the first Annual Learning Assessment Report, which provided a country wide picture of the level of basic numeracy and literacy skills of our children in primary schools. Over 40,000 children in over 20,000 households, across 38 districts in Tanzania were assessed - this was the largest survey of its kind. One year on... Have these results changed? Are our children learning more?

A really powerful report was launched on Monday July 4 in Dar es Salaam. The Uwezo East Africa Report presents, for the first time, data comparing literacy and numeracy levels across East Africa, based on a survey of over 80,000 households-- the largest exercise of its kind.

Uwezo is increasingly being recognized as an effective way to develop citizen engagement and improve accountability in the delivery of public services.

As a parent, how would you feel if you discovered that your child in Standard 7 cannot read Standard 2 level Kiswahili? And how would you react when you learn that half the children who complete primary school cannot read in English at all?