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Parents to pay more after school fees subsidy stops

Parents buy books in Nairobi. Parents will pay more after the government ended school fees subsidy. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

Parents have been dealt a major blow after the government announced end of fees subsidy from January.

A circular by Basic Education PS Jwan Julius says the fees holiday that saw some parents get reprieve of up to Sh8,500 will end as government reverts to fees charged before Covid-19.

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