Parents will be forced to dig deeper into their pockets after school principals hiked second-term fees.
As students settle into the new term following reopening, parents have raised concerns over rising school fees and additional charges, despite a government directive warning principals against increasing costs.
However, defending the move by the principals, Kenya Union of Post Primary School Teachers (KUPPET) officials from the Bungoma County led by branch Executive Secretary Augustine Kundu Luketelo revealed that the hike was necessary to finance the school since the government delays capitation funds.
Further, the officials argued that mostly, the government sends incomplete capitations crippling the functions of most schools and forcing principals to hike the fees to keep school operations on the move.
