By Malachi Motano
The ministry of education has slashed the amount of fees paid at secondary schools, stating that his ministry formulated a new academic calendar that reduced the number of weeks in a term from 39 to 30.
According to Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof. George Magoha, parents were grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected livelihoods. Workers were retrenched and others subjected to salary cuts.
In the new fee structure which will be enforced starting July 26, 2021, to March 4, 2022, learners in national and extra-county schools in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Thika and Nyeri will pay Ksh 45,000 per year. This is Ksh10,000 less than the Ksh55,000 they have been paying annually.
Those in county and sub-county schools in the rest of the country will pay Ksh 35,000 while Students in special needs schools will pay ksh10,680 annually, Ksh21,920 less than the Ksh32,600 they have been remitting yearly.
