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School head teachers 'will not handle textbooks cash'

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i during official opening of the 8th annual National secondary schools students conference held in Nairobi on 12/04/2016. Photo by WILLIS AWANDU

Head teachers may not have the prestige of directly handling funds for buying text books for their schools.

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i yesterday said channelling funds to schools through the Free Primary Education (FPE) programme 'has not yielded the expected results'.

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