Schools defy minister’s order on fees guidelines

Melvin Murioki, a Standard Two pupil is assisted to fit a shoe by a shop attendant at the Bata Shop along Kenyatta Avenue on May 2. Parents cry foul as schools charge high fees. [PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH/standard]

Parents still have to shoulder a heavy fees burden as schools continue to defy Government guidelines.

The Standard has established that most public schools are still charging higher than the set annual fees limits of Sh32,385 (boarding), special schools (Sh37,210) and Sh9,374 for day schools. The rates are arrived at after deducting the Government subsidy of Sh13,000 per child, per year.