Fees and Covid-19 spread top list of parents’ concerns as new year starts

Parents buy books for their children's at Vaghela Bookshop in Kakamega on May 8, 2021. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The government has lifted the veil on the true burden parents will have this week, when all 15 million children are expected to report to schools for first term.

All learners, from Pre-primary to Form Four, are expected to report to schools starting today, when a new term that will last 10 weeks starts under the revised calendar.