Dr. Sara Ruto is the Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Education. Her career in the field of education and research spans over 30 years. She has experience in managing large scale multi-country programs whose evidence has impacted national and international policies with respect to reading and numeracy. Sara has actively participated in global education and used evidence to back the need for competency and outcomes based education. She has published widely in academic journals, chapters and blogs as an avenue of framing educational trends and infusing a global south perspective.