Thousands of students to miss out on national exams as capitation crisis bites

Gilgil MP Martha Wangari, Nyeri Women Rep Rahab Mukami and her Baringo counterpart Florence Jematiah during a public hearing session in Gilgil town on the 2024-25 proposed financial budget. [Antony Gitonga/Standard]

Gilgil MP Martha Wangari has warned that thousands of students may miss out on sitting for the national exams due to the ongoing financial crisis in the education sector.

She emphasized that the failure to fully disburse capitation fees for public schools as students began the third term could jeopardize the future of education in the country.