Education CS George Magoha has warned school heads against increasing school fees after some national public schools issued a fee structure of Ksh80,000 from the recommended Ksh53,554. The schools raised the fees arguing that the money would be used to improve infrastructure, purchase sanitisers among other requirements. He further directed that schools should not deny students, both in primary and secondary schools, admission on the basis of fee arrears. We have Ksh19 billion to facilitate free education for both primary and secondary school and this money shall be wired to the institutions by next week," stated the CS. He went on to add that Ksh14 billion would be awarded to secondary schools while Ksh5 billion would be given to primary schools.

Source: Daily Nation December 31, 2020 06:00 UTC