Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has held talks with officials of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) amid growing concerns over inadequate government capitation to schools.

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Ogamba met KUPPET’s National Executive Board for a consultative meeting at Jogoo House on Thursday, September 3, where the two sides discussed issues affecting teachers and the delivery of quality basic education.

The meeting focused on teacher welfare and broader challenges affecting the provision of quality basic education, particularly the persistent shortage of government capitation to schools.

“This afternoon, I held a consultative meeting with the National Executive Board of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers at the Ministry’s Jogoo House B offices,” said Ogamba.

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“The consultative meeting discussed several issues pertinent to teacher welfare and to the enhancement of access to quality basic education,” he added.

The meeting comes just five days after KUPPET officials threatened to down tools across all secondary schools in the country over a Ksh6,000 per-learner capitation shortfall.

According to the union, schools have only received Ksh16,000 per learner against the statutory annual capitation of Ksh22,244, leaving institutions with a significant funding gap.

KUPPET warned that the shortfall could force school heads to seek additional financial support from parents to meet essential expenses.

The union said schools were already facing difficulties meeting the costs of food, electricity, water, learning materials and other operational needs, with the situation expected to become more challenging during the final term.

Speaking in Vihiga on August 30, KUPPET Executive Secretary Charles Otiende said the funding gap was increasingly being transferred to parents, raising concerns that schools could resort to demanding additional fees to keep their operations running.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke