Parents school cost shocker as MPs plan to end exam fee waiver

Officials during the distribution of KCSE materials at Nakuru East Examination distribution center on November 11, 2024. [File, Standard]

Parents with Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates could soon be forced to shoulder part of the cost of exam registration as Parliament considers scrapping the full waiver introduced in 2016.

The proposed shift, contained in a document by the Parliament Budget Office (PBO) which advises Parliament on budget matters, would see a cost-sharing model implemented, ending a decade-old policy that had eased the financial strain on thousands of families.