Fees shocker to parents in Kenya as schools defy ministry’s guide

Ruth Makena of High Gate Academy is carried shoulder high by teachers and parents after she received her KCPE results where she scored 403 marks in the 2015 KCPE examination, December 31, 2015. The school had a mean score of 355 which was an improvement of last year (2014). [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

NAIROBI: Parents are facing a major fees shocker as schools reopen on Monday for the first term.

The Standard on Saturday has established that most public schools still charge over and above the set fees limits in blatant disregard of guidelines by the Ministry of Education.