Punish heads who contravene new fee structure, Kaimenyi told

By Tom Omulo

Nambale MP John Bunyasi has expressed the need for action to be taken against school heads who disregard the new school fees guide in public schools.

Speaking in Nambale at St Mary’s Pri. School during a fundraiser to fund education through the CDF, Mr Bunyasi said headteachers who will be found violating the prerequisite steps will face disciplinary action.

“The condition for new fees proclaimed by the national government must be followed to ensure parents pay fees in accordance with the mandate given,.” said Mr Bunyasi.

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor Jacob Kaimenyi had been called upon to guarantee a new guide for school fees in public schools that will be put into consideration by school heads all over the country.

NEW GUIDELINES

The new guidelines recommend that secondary school students will pay Sh9,374 for day schooling, Sh53,553 for boarding and Sh37,210 for special needs schools per year.

The amount is less the government levy fee, which is Sh12,870 under the Free Day Secondary Programme for regular schools and Sh37,210 for special needs schools.

The fee, however, is 31 percent higher than the amount recommended by the Kilemi Mwiria Taskforce.

According to Prof Kaimenyi, the new fee structure takes cognizance of the fact that teacher redistribution and employment, rationalisation of non-teaching staff, merging of uneconomical schools and implementation of the proposed of subsidies are yet to be effected.

The guideline provides that the fees will be paid in three phases: 50 percent of the total amount is to be paid during the first term while 30 and 20 per cent will be remitted in the second and third terms respectively.

CDF FUNDING

Kaimenyi said non-essential charges levied upon students will be discontinued.

“In coming up with the new fee structure, it should be noted that certain non-essential vote heads such as teacher motivation, education improvement, county education levies among others have been discontinued with immediate effect,” said Prof Kaimenyi.

Form two, three and four students will continue paying extra fees for ongoing approved infrastructure and school transport projects.

However, future infrastructure projects will be financed through levies from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) or from any other government financing mechanisms.

Kaimenyi says the new structures will downsize the bloated non-teaching staff workforce in secondary schools and remove the responsibility of developing infrastructure from parents to CDF and county governments.

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