New proposal seeks to deny Kenya school heads power to control billions

Salyne Nyongesa (left) from St. Anthony Boys High School with Peter Ouma Obwago (right) from St. Joseph Boys High School all from Trans Nzoia County after they worn head teachers awards at the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association.

MOMBASA: Education ministry officials in the counties want secondary school head teachers denied the exclusive control of billions of shillings the Government channels to schools annually as subsidy.

Members of County Education Boards (CEBs), which were inaugurated in 2013 by Education Cabinet secretary Jacob Kaimenyi, want all capitation monies channelled through them and be managed by schools Boards of Management (BoM).