The new secondary school fees structure announced by Kaimenyi meet resistance from KNUT

The new secondary school fees structure announced by Kaimenyi meet resistance from KNUT

Hardly a week since the new secondary school structure was announced by Cabinet Secretary for Education Mr. Kaimenyi, The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is now opposing the new secondary fees structure development claiming that apart from disrupting affected schools budget KNUT was not consulted.

KNUT is requesting the Education CS to convene a meeting of school managers to iron out contentious issues that rose with the announcement of the new secondary school fees structure.

In the new secondary fees structure, the Education CS reduced secondary school fees that is to be spread across three terms on a 50:30:20 ratio, with day scholars to pay sh9,374, special needs scholars sh37,210 and sh53,553 for boarders respectively.

KNUT argues that the new fees will force schools to scale down services to students in order to fit the new directive which KNUT claims is unworkable

Education cabinet secretary has released new fees structure for secondary schools.

Education cabinet secretary has released new fees structure for secondary schools.

The cabinet secretary for Education, Mr. Kaimenyi released new fees structure for secondary schools promising that any school administration that will not pass the benefits of the new fees structure to parents will be punished.

As per the new changes, day schools will be required to charge sh9,374 per year, sh53, 553 per year for national and county boarding schools and sh32,600 respectively for schools with special needs.

The fees will be spread over the three school terms at the ration of 50:30:20. Once gazetted the changes will supersede any other and take effect from January 5, 2015.

The government will be paying sh12,870 per student as a subsidy