A new poll shows that 75 percent of Kenyans have at least a High School certificate.
The poll conducted by Radio Africa’s research department shows more than 9 percent of the Kenyan population have attained at least a Bachelors Degree
"High school certificates are at 45 percent with tertiary college education being 21 percent and Primary education being 20 percent, the survey shows.
The survey was conducted between June 29 and July 11, 2023.
It used a sample size of 3,000 individuals with a margin of error of +/- 1.8 per cent, and a 95 per cent confidence level.
Languages used were English and Kiswahili.
"The sample split was guided by all adults aged 18 years and above proportionate to size as per the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics population census of 2019."
In the same report, Kenyans spend more time on social media for news consumption than traditional media, a survey has found.
The survey indicates that Kenyans spend 2 hours and 24 minutes on social media.
The time spent on social media is higher as compared to Radio medium which came second at 2 hours 10 minutes spent per day.
In the report, there was a high incidence of news consumption on TV and radio, however, social media dominated in time spent overall.
Video streaming came in third with an average time spent of 2 hours 4 minutes and TV as a source of news stood at number four with one hour 59 minutes.
Interestingly, Kenyans spent one hour 57 minutes on music streaming platforms, and digital audio files (podcasts) took position six with an average time of one hour 23 minutes.
Other news websites, stood at number seven as the source of news with one hour 16 minutes average time.
