Hundreds of Schools Face Closure, Warns KESSHA
The government is facing criticism over alleged plans to cut school capitation...
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The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) has warned that hundreds of schools face closure due to the government's delayed and reduced school capitation, leading to mounting debts and operational crises.
- Former KESSHA chair, Kai Indimuli, stated that schools were owed Ksh68 billion as of 2019 due to insufficient capitation.
- Makueni KESSHA Chair, Johnstone Ndivo, anticipates an increase in student dropouts and school closures.
- While Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, implied difficulty in sustaining full capitation, Education Cabinet Secretary, Julius Ogamba, clarified that capitation was reduced, not scrapped, attributing it to increased enrollment and budgetary constraints.
- The government's target capitation per student is Ksh22,244, but this has not been met despite rising student numbers.
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