[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]Some 10,000 learners have left private academies for public schools, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has said. Read MoreHe said another Sh2.5 billion was contributed by parents in boarding schools towards schools improvement and another Sh2.4 billion spent to construct classes in secondary schools. He said in Nyeri alone, some 1,000 learners had left private schools for public ones. “So far so good, and we are happy transfer of learners to public schools has not been as huge as was anticipated,” said Mutheu Kasanga, national chairperson for the Kenya Private Schools Association. There had been fear that hundreds of thousands of learners would move from private schools to public ones because of added costs and high fees.

Source: Standard Digital January 06, 2021 21:01 UTC