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President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Education to review the amount of capitation allocated to schools. 

President William Ruto has directed the Ministry of Education to review the amount of capitation allocated to schools. 

Speaking on Monday during World Teachers' Day in Kasarani, President Ruto said the current school capitation amounts were last reviewed in 2015. 

“The last time school capitation was reviewed was in 2015. The Ksh22,000 for our secondary schools was reviewed in 2015, and the Ksh14,000 for JSS was also done in 2015,” Ruto said.

The Head of State instructed the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders to begin the review of capitation after the completion of the tertiary placement and funding process.

“Since 2015, so much has happened. So, my instruction to the Ministry of Education and all the stakeholders, including TSC, immediately we finish the tertiary placement and funding bill, we will embark on reviewing the amounts that are required for teaching our children,” Ruto said.

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File image of Education CS Julius Ogamba. 

The President said the Ministry of Education should increase the capitation rates to ensure schools have adequate resources to educate learners. 

“I believe we need to review that Ksh22,000 upwards, Ksh14,000 upwards and the Ksh2,300 upwards to make sure that there are adequate resources to teach our children in school,” he added.

This comes weeks after the Ministry of Education disbursed Ksh18.5 billion in capitation to pre-primary, primary, junior and senior schools. 

"To facilitate seamless operations and the conduct of school activities in the new term, the Government has already released Ksh18,508,271,486.60 as capitation for Term 3 for learners in all public basic education institutions," Education CS Julius Ogamba said. 

According to Ogamba, the total allocation has been distributed across the various levels of basic education, with Ksh1,401,089,978.50 set aside for Free Primary Education, Ksh6,143,719,839.60 for Free Day Junior School Education, and Ksh10,963,461,668.50 for Free Day Secondary Education.

Ogamba also directed school heads and principals to ensure the funds are used responsibly and solely for the benefit of learners.

"School heads and principals are directed to ensure prudent use of these public resources entrusted to their care for the benefit of learners, and to desist from imposing any unauthorised levies," the statement further read.