This Open Access book is a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners as it brings
insights mainly from developing countries where relatively less research activity takes place.
It is also a valuable resource for courses in mathematics education in the teacher education
colleges and departments of education in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In the increasingly
global and technological world mathematics is seen as a significant gatekeeper of opportunities
for social and economic advancement and mobility. Hence countries and development agencies in
the broader sub-Saharan Africa region are looking towards increasing access to relevant and
high-quality secondary education as a lever towards economic development. Policy makers and
other key decision makers in education look towards improvement in mathematics teaching and
learning as a key focus in education reform. In the East Africa region also a number of
initiatives have been taken at the national level in the respective countries to improve the
quality of mathematics education. This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the
developments and issues in mathematics education in Kenya Tanzania Rwanda and Uganda and
advances our understanding of the state of secondary mathematics education in East Africa.
