Public schools on verge of shut down as funding crisis worsens

Students walk at Uhuru Park in Nairobi Town after the schools closed for term two on Tuesday April 19th, 2023 [File, Standard]

Details have emerged about the possible closure of public secondary schools nationwide, as school heads now reveal chronic decline in government funding that threatens to halt operations.

A document by the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA), titled Operational Crisis in Schools and signed by Chairman Willie Kuria, reveals that the government is disbursing only Sh10,000 per student annually, less than half of the expected Sh22,244.