Education Cabinet Secretary (CS), Julius Migos Ogamba, has appealed to secondary school heads not to send students home over delayed capitation.
The CS says the Education Ministry was working closely with the Treasury to ensure the balance of Sh14 billion first-term capitation is released next week.
Speaking at the Eldoret National Polytechnic during the Technical and Vocational Training, TVET Principals quarterly meeting, CS Ogamba said they had liaised with the head teachers not to send students home over school fees as his officers' work round the clock with the Treasury to ensure the balance is released to schools as soon as possible. "It is not the parents who pay the fees; it's paid through capitation from the government. We are doing everything possible to ensure the balance is paid, hopefully by the coming week.
A team from the Ministry is in Treasury to find out if there are adequate resources so that the capitation can be released," assured the CS.
