Officials, school heads face penalties over Sh912m scam

Education CS Julius Ogamba, inflated student numbers and failure to update the status of some institutions led to Sh912 million being disbursed to non-existent learners and schools. [File, Standard]

It has emerged that at least 34 school heads and 28 senior Ministry of Education officials could face sacking over the "ghost" learners scandal that cost taxpayers close to Sh1 billion in capitation funds.

The revelations follow the release of a nationwide learner verification report that exposed massive irregularities in enrolment data across public schools.