Overall funding in the education sector is expected to shrink, despite the number of schools and colleges growing.
According to the Economic Survey 2025, the expenditure for education is projected to fall from Sh601.5 billion in 2023/24 to Sh594.2 billion in 2024/25, a 1.2 per cent decline.
This comes even as the number of basic learning institutions jumped by 38.3 per cent to 129,463 last year, largely due to the inclusion of junior secondary schools.
Recurrent expenditure, which covers salaries and daily running costs, is expected to decrease by 1.7 per cent to Sh566.1 billion, even as student enrolment grows across nearly all levels.
