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Education ministry to hire teachers after getting Sh544b

Parents and teachers of Arina Primary Kisumu carry Cyril Eratus who scored 410 marks in last years' KCPE exam [Michael Mute, Standard]

More teachers will be hired and additional classrooms constructed as the Ministry of Education received the lions share of the budget with an allocation of Sh544.4 billion. 

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has been allocated Sh294.7 billion, university education gets Sh91.2 billion and some Sh15.8 billion given to the Higher Education Loans Board. National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said some Sh64.4 billion will cater for the free day secondary school education and some Sh12 billion allocated towards free primary education.

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