Here is the 2023 School Fees Guidelines for all secondary schools as released by the Ministry of Education:
Table 1: FDSE Structure- Dayscholars school fees
| S/NO. |
ITEM |
AMOUNT (KES) |
| 1 |
Tuition |
4,144.00 |
| 2 |
Medical/ Insurance |
2,000.00 |
| 3 |
Activity |
1,500.00 |
| 4 |
SMASSE |
200.00 |
| 5 |
Other Vote Heads |
9,400.00 |
| 6 |
Maintenance and Improvement |
5,000.00 |
| 7 |
Grand Total |
22,244.00 |
Other vote heads: local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Disbursement of capitation to schools will done in the ratio 50:30:20.
Boarding Schools Fees
The government provides capitation for each learner in a boarding school that is equal to capitation for each learner in a day school. In order to meet the cost of boarding, parents are expected to pay the boarding fees applicable to different categories of schools and location.
Tables 3, 4 and 5 below provide the details of the fees.
Table 3: 2023 Boarding school’s fees structure- category A*
| S/NO. |
VOTE HEAD |
G.O.K |
PARENT |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams |
4,144.00 |
0 |
4,144.00 |
| 2 |
Boarding Equipment & Stores |
0.00 |
30,385 |
30,385 |
| 3 |
Maintenance & Improvement |
5,000.00 |
2,000.00 |
7,000.00 |
| 4 |
Other Vote Heads |
9,400.00 |
20,371 |
29,771 |
| 5 |
Activity Fees |
1,500.00 |
798.00 |
2,298.00 |
| 6 |
Medical & Insurance |
2,000.00 |
0.00 |
2,000.00 |
| 7 |
SMASSE |
200.00 |
0.00 |
200.00 |
| 8 |
Total School Fees |
22,244.00 |
53,554 |
75,798 |
*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Category A are:
- All National schools and
- Extra county schools that are located in the following towns: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret ONLY.
Table 4: 2023 Boarding schools fees structure- category B*
| S/NO. |
VOTE HEAD |
G.O.K |
PARENT |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Teachiing, Learning Materials & Exams |
4,144.00 |
0 |
4,144.00 |
| 2 |
Boarding Equipment & Stores |
0.00 |
25,385 |
25,385 |
| 3 |
Maintenance & Improvement |
5,000.00 |
2,000.00 |
7,000.00 |
| 4 |
Other Vote Heads |
9,400.00 |
12,900 |
22,300 |
| 5 |
Activity Fees |
1,500.00 |
250.00 |
1,750 |
| 6 |
Medical & Insurance |
2,000.00 |
0.00 |
2,000.00 |
| 7 |
SMASSE |
200.00 |
0.00 |
200.00 |
| 8 |
Total School Fees |
22,244.00 |
40,535 |
62,779. |
*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Category B* are other boarding schools including extra county schools that are located in other areas other than the town of Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret.
Also read; 2023 new reduced School Fees structure and guidelines for all secondary schools in Kenya; Education Ministry releases guidelines
Table 5: 2023 Fees Structure for Special Needs Schools
| S/NO. |
VOTE HEAD |
G.O.K |
PARENT |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams |
4,144.00 |
0 |
4,144.00 |
| 2 |
Boarding Equipment & Stores |
23,220 |
10,790 |
34,010 |
| 3 |
Maintenance & Improvement |
5,000.00 |
2,000.00 |
7,000.00 |
| 4 |
Other Vote Heads |
9,400.00 |
0.00 |
9,400.00 |
| 5 |
Activity Fees |
1,500.00 |
0.00 |
1,500.00 |
| 6 |
Medical & Insurance |
2,000.00 |
0.00 |
2,000.00 |
| 7 |
Top Up |
12,510.00 |
0.00 |
12,510.00 |
| 8 |
SMASSE |
200.00 |
0.00 |
200.00 |
| 9 |
Total School Fees |
57,974 |
12,790 |
70,764 |
Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Special needs are those schools that cater for learners with impairment e.g visual, physical, hearing and mental.
GOK has enhanced capitation to KES. 53,807.00 distributed in the fees structure shown in Table 5.
The structure includes GOK subsidy of KES. 19,053.00 per learner for Boarding Equipment and stores and a top up grant of 12,510.00 per learner to cater for assistive devices and any additional personnel needed.
Schools are advised to adhere to the fees guidelines provided in the regulations.
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