Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has issued a stern warning to school principals and headteachers across the country against imposing illegal levies on students.
Speaking in Mombasa during a forum with university stakeholders, Ogamba stated that the Ministry of Education would take firm disciplinary action against any school heads found charging fees beyond what has been stipulated by the government. "No principal or headteacher is allowed to levy any extra charges that are not part of the policy directive by the national government.
As we have said before, those levies are unlawful, and the court just affirmed that," Ogamba remarked.
The CS further emphasised that the government provides capitation to support free education and expects compliance across all public institutions. "We do free education, and we give capitation to all those schools.
