State needs Sh65b to fully fund post-KCSE transition

Michael Denga of Nakuru High School is celebrated by students and teachers at the school after scoring an A- in last year’s KCSE examination. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The government requires an estimated Sh65 billion to realise 100 per cent transition for all students who sat the 2021 KCSE examination.

The fund will cater for capitation of students who will be enrolled in universities and middle-level colleges. It will also include subsistence funding by Higher Education Loans Board (Helb).