Three thousand of 32,000 public schools have received government capitation after submitting verified student enrolment data.
The government has withheld capitation for most public schools after a nationwide data verification drive found only 3,000 out of 32,000 institutions had submitted accurate enrolment records.
In a statement on Friday, September 5, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the schools received their Third Term funds after the Ministry of Education confirmed their student numbers matched official records. "So far, 3,000 schools have been able to receive capitation after being verified to have the correct data on the correct number of students that are in schools," said Bitok.
Speaking at Machakos Teachers Training College where the verification is underway, Bitok said the exercise aims to eliminate ghost schools and inflated enrolment figures flagged by the Auditor General and Parliament. "We therefore had no option but to verify the data to ensure that every shilling reaches the right school and the right learner.
