Schools Face Learning Disruption Days After Reopening

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Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) Chairperson Willie Kuria on Tuesday, September 1, said schools had not received the full capitation, making it difficult for schools to run their programmes.

According to him, the government is expected to provide Ksh22,244 yearly per learner, but the amount released so far this year is Ksh16,141 per student, leaving a Ksh6,103 deficit.

He also clarified that not all the money classified by the Ministry of Education as released capitation had actually reached school bank accounts.

📌 What You Need to Know

Kuria explained that Ksh2,000 per learner had been retained by the Ministry to cater for expenses such as textbooks and curricular activities, meaning the amount that had actually landed in school accounts was Ksh14,050 per learner.

“This year we have not yet received the full capitation, just like last year and other years. You are aware that we are supposed to receive a capitation of Ksh22,244 per year per student,” Kuria stated.

“So far this year, what has landed in school accounts is Ksh14,050. We may say that the capitation released so far is Ksh16,141 per student, but it is not all that amount that is in school accounts,” he added.

The KESSHA chairperson further expressed concern that the capitation deficit from the previous year had not been compensated, leaving schools still struggling with the effects of earlier funding shortages.

Kurai revealed that last year the Ministry of Education released Ksh15,383 per learner but retained Ksh811, leaving schools with Ksh14,572 per student in their accounts.

“Last year there was a deficit of Ksh6,560 per learner, which was coming to Ksh22 billion plus for the students in the country. But now we started a new year. There is no compensation that we were able to get about last year,” he stated.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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