Makueni Constituency Member of Parliament, Susan Kiamba has called upon the national government to rank capitation as the first priority in order to lessen school principals the stress of running their institutions.
“Failure to get capitation will stress the principals. Kindly make it the first priority in government funding since we are investing in our children and we want them to be useful people in future,” Kiamba said.
While speaking during education stakeholders’ forum in Wote while disbursing bursary to different beneficiaries the law maker added that a total of Ksh 73.7 million bursary will be issued to 18,000 students through NGCDF.
She added that the beneficiaries are drawn from secondary schools, tertiary institutions, university plus small other colleges to mainstream school dropouts or those who didn’t get a chance to continue studies after class eight. They should get some skills.
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“Every Kenyan is useful that is why we are considering even students in small colleges. We met at ward level to hold serious talks with our stakeholders besides issuing bursary,” Kiamba said.
She added that recently she issued revision books to 95 secondary schools in the constituency.
“I am happy that principals assured me that the books are among the best useful they have ever had in schools thus promising good performance.
She called upon parents to maintain their children in schools for best performance, also encourage them to appreciate any support from the government regardless of how little it is.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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