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Schools may close early due to delayed funds, say head teachers

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu and Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association chairman Indimuli Kahi during the KCB/ Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association annual conference in Mombasa. [Courtesy]

Public schools may close earlier if the government fails to disburse all the capitation money.

The government did not disburse the full capitation amount to schools in the 2021/22 financial year stripping the institution of about Sh5,000.

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