Schools get 33 million textbooks as state narrows shortfall

Kisii Education Executive Amos Andama (left), hands over free government textbooks to Kisii School principal Morris Ogutu as officials from Kenya Literature Bureau looks on. (Sammy Omingo, Standard)

The government has supplied the last tranche of the 33 million text books to schools under a new strategy that has saved the exchequer Sh5 billion.

A new status report on book distribution to schools shows that primary and secondary learners now have text books in all the subjects under the new plan started in January.