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Government has allocated Sh56b set for free education

Teachers and parents join Kiki Mumbi in celebrations at Gilgil Hills Academy – Gilgil. She scored 432 in the KCPE exams. [Kipsang Joseph|Standard]

Parents whose children will be joining Form One in day schools next year will not pay a single shilling, as the Government rolls out the free secondary school education programme.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i yesterday said the Jubilee administration had already set aside Sh56 billion for the ambitious programme.

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