The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) National Chairman Kahi Indimuli has warned that schools risk shutting down if the government does not release capitation funds as soon as possible.
He said that many schools are having a hard time due to delay in the disbursement of the funds as well as low payment of school fees by parents in the wake of inflation and a struggling economy.
Indimuli stated that the situation has been worsened by unpaid salaries for teachers and examiners as well as inadequate learning facilities despite the fact that learners resumed for second term which is the longest term on the school calendar.
He claimed that most of the schools survive because of the goodwill of suppliers and it may get lost due to the delayed disbursement which will force most of them to close.
“No single school is in a position to keep going for long, our reserves are almost over,” the Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) Chairman Johnson Nzioka said.
The National Parents Association (NPA) Chairman Silas Obuhatsa said most parents are unable to raise school fees due to the current hard economic situation.
According to the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Secretary General Akelo Misori, delayed funding will push school heads into introducing illegal charges on school fees.
By Thuita Jaswant
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