Order on fees timely but ensure schools comply

Parents pay school fees at Equity Bank Kakamega branch as their children's wait when schools resumed for second term on October 12, 2021.[Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Parents can now heave a sigh of relief after the Education ministry allayed fears that learners with fee balances would be sent home as schools reopen for second term countrywide.

Fully aware that Covid-19 and the new school calendar have financially jolted households, the ministry wants school managers to negotiate with parents and guardians on how they would pay fees.