Private schools miss out on 33 million State funded textbooks

Head teachers from various schools purchase text books for their schools from Targeter Publishers exhibition stand during the 43rd Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) National Delegates Conference in Mombasa. [Gideon Maundu/Standard]

The government is working to help private schools access text books at subsidised cost.

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang told the National Assembly’s Education committee that is chaired by Julius Melly the ministry had reached an agreement with the Private Schools Association.