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State, teachers clash over education billions

Pupils of Kirembe Primary School in Kisumu County in a class with the e-reading tablets received from USAID in partnership with the Ministry of Education. [Titus Munala, Standard]

A row is simmering between school heads and the government over the management of billions sent to institutions as learners' capitation.

It has emerged that school heads are being asked to account for Sh4,002 per learner, which a teachers' union said was not disbursed.

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