Last week, the Government re-affirmed the need for secondary schools to run within the fee ceilings set out in Gazette Notice No. 1555 of March 2015.
According to the notice, day secondary schools were to charge a total of Sh22,244, which includes Sh12,870 capitation from the Government under the Free Day Secondary Education Programme (FDSE) and Sh9,374 from parents. Boarding secondary schools are to charge Sh66,424, which includes Sh12,870 capitation from Government and Sh53 and 55 from parents. Special schools are to charge Sh69,810, which includes Sh32,600 capitation and 37,210 from parents.