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February 7, 2026
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MoE gazettes school fees caps in efforts to protect households

MoE gazettes school fees caps in efforts to protect households

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 7 — The Ministry of Education has gazetted a new senior school fees structure formalizing ceilings for day, boarding, and special Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..

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The Ministry of Education in Kenya has gazetted new school fees caps for public senior schools, effective January 5, 2026, to protect households from high education costs. This formalizes ceilings for day, boarding, and special needs schools under both the Competency-Based Education (CBE) and the 8-4-4 systems.

  • For day schools, household contribution remains nil, with the government covering Sh22,244 per student in capitation.
  • Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba outlined the approved fees structure in a February 6 Gazette Notice.
  • Boarding schools will have a maximum household contribution of Sh53,554 per annum, or Sh40,535 for schools in the second cluster, alongside Sh22,244 government capitation.
  • Learners in special needs schools will require a household contribution of Sh12,790, with the government contributing Sh57,974, totaling Sh70,764 annually per learner.
  • Payments are to be distributed across the three terms in a 50:30:20 ratio, and no public school may charge additional levies outside the stipulated ceilings.

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