The Ministry of Education has released fees guidelines on implementation of Free Day Secondary Education for 2019. According to the ministry, all learners will continue to receive a capitation of Kshs. 22,244 per year.

2019 FEES GUIDELINES FOR DAY SCHOOLS

Parents with learners in Day Scholars will pay for their kids’ lunch programmes, as has been the case. The ministry will disburse the funds as follows:

• A sum total of  KShs. 11,122 in December 2018; to be used for first term of 2019,
• Kshs. 6,673 in April 2019; to be used for second term of 2019 and
• KShs. 4,449 in August 2019; meant for term three of 2019.

2019 FEES STRUCTURE FOR BOARDING SCHOOLS.

the ministry has categorized the boarding schools into two groups, namely:

• Category A and
• Category B

1. CATEGORY A BOARDING SCHOOLS

These are National schools and extra County schools located in: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret. On top of the KShs. 22,244 government subsidy, each parent will pay to the following vote heads, per child in 2019:

• Boarding equipment and Stores: KShs. 30,385.
• Maintenance and improvement: KShs. 2,000.
• Other Vote heads(LT & T, Admin, EWC, PE): kShs. 20,371
  • Activity fees: Kshs. 798.
  • This brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs. 53,544.

2. CATEGORY B BOARDING SCHOOLS

These are boarding schools and extra county schools in other areas. On top of the KShs. 22,244 government subsidy, each parent will pay to the following vote heads, per child in 2019:

• Boarding equipment and Stores: KShs. 25, 385
• Maintenance and improvement: KShs. 2,000
• Other Vote heads(LT & T, Admin, EWC, PE): kShs. 12,900
  • Activity fees: Kshs. 250
  • This brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs. 40,535.

2019 SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION SCHOOLS’ FEES

The government has enhanced capitation to Kshs. 57,974 per child in 2019. The parent’s fee obligation, on top of the Government’s subsidy, shall be:

• Boarding Equipment and stores: KShs. 10,790
• Maintenance and improvement: Kshs. 2,000
  • his brings the total fee obligation for parents per child to KShs.12,790.

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Education Cabinet Secretary, CS, Amb. Amina Mohammed and her Interior counter-part, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, have today lead a top officials’ meeting to lay down final preparations for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exams that begin in less than a fortnight’s time. During today’s  meeting, security officials were given keys to the metallic containers where exam materials are to be kept.

Speaking at the function, Education CS, Amina, said that “the containers will have a double locking system. The Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDE) and the Deputy County Commissioners will each have the keys to secure and ensure they open and close the containers every day during the examination process.” Amina also noted that  30 examination centres had been placed under high surveillance and 192 others under amplified surveillance based on reported examination malpractice trends from 2015 to 2017.

The meeting which was held at he Kenya School of Government in Kabete, Kiambu County, saw the attendance of top government officials including: The Education CS, Amina Mohammed, Interior CS, Fred Matiang’i, Education PS, ICT CS, Mucheru, Belio Kipsang, and KNEC chair, Prof. George Magoha among others. The Education CS issued padlocks and keys for 459 examination containers to Deputy County Commissioners and the Sub-County Directors of Education.

Speaking at the same event, Education Ministry Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, announced that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will recall certificates of parents and teachers found aiding in examination cheating.

While giving elaborate measures put to safeguard the examination materials, Amina pronounced that 224 security officers will escort the examination materials from the, Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC, warehouse to the examination storage facilities, after which they will be handed over to the sub-county Directors of Education and Deputy County Commissioners.

“All question papers will be escorted by armed security officers every day of the examination from collection to return of the answer scripts to the container and back to KNEC. We have identified several examination cartels that have been behind the sale of fake papers to unsuspecting parents and candidates. I will engage my colleagues at the Ministry of Interior, National Treasury, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine forensic means to deal with the proceeds accrued from this illegal exercise,” Amb. Amina added.

Addressing the meeting, today, Interior Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Fred Matatiang’i reiterated the ministry’s resolve to provide adequate security during the examination period and that he had recalled all officers on leave.  ”We assure the CS Education of our hundred percent support. Nobody will be on leave at the Ministry of Interior until 30th November, 2018. All children will sit for examinations wherever they are and areas troubled by insecurity will be under 24/7 surveillance,” Matiang’i said.

ICT CS, Mucheru, said his ministry will provide software security to reinforce other mechanisms put in place to safeguard the processes (Examination). CS Mucheru said that the ICT Ministry will provide accurate, reliable and timely technology. He also promised to deploy more than 300 staff members to the MOE to ensure that the examination will be conducted in an irregularity free environment.

The Kenya National union of Teachers, KNUT, has embarked on a process of collecting data for teachers who have submitted their higher qualification certificates to the Teachers Service Commission, TSC, effective 2014 to date. Through a memo sent to all branch executive Secretaries, the KNUT Deputy Secretary General, Hesbon A Otieno, requests the secretaries to compile the data and send it to the National office before Thursday, 18th October, 2018. “You are hereby instructed to urgently furnish this office (KNUT National office) with the above data by Thursday 18th October, 2018,” says Otieno.

The collection of this data is to inform the national office on the exact number of teachers who have attained higher qualifications but are yet to be promoted by the TSC. KNUT has been estimating the numbers of those teachers to be about 30,000. KNUT says it will use the data during the forth coming crunch talks with the TSC. “This is to necessitate our talks with the TSC regarding the issue of ‘Teachers Promotion’ during the meeting scheduled for Friday 19th October, 2018.” Otieno adds in the circular dated October 16, 2018.

Friday’s meeting comes after KNUT and TSC failed to agree on pertinent issues raised by KNUT’s negotiating team. Sonme of the contentious issues are: Promotion of teachers who have attained higher qualifications, Stopping the delocalization and Teachers’ evaluation exercises by the TSC.

The branch executive secretaries are expected to collate the teachers’ data that include; the teacher’s name, TSC Number, Qualifications, Year of Submission (of higher qualifications certificate to the TSC) and the teacher’s KNUT branch name. Teachers with higher qualifications will be hoping to be considered for promotions after Friday’s meeting between the KNUT and TSC in Nairobi.

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• Avoid Sponsors- Rachel Ruto advises young Girls:

The wife to the Deputy president, Mrs Rachel Ruto, this week, called on young women to avoid getting ‘sponsors’ to fund expensive lifestyles as this exposed them to a myriad of dangers. “This issue of sponsors should not be part of your life. You don’t need to get money from a man for you to survive. Many of these people will just take you for granted,” Mrs. Ruto said. The DP’s wife was Speaking during the celebration of the Day of the Girl Child at Kenyatta University.

• Education CS, Amb. Amina, and CS Interior, Dr. Fred Matiang’ to Lead Final National Examinations’ preparations Multi-Agency meeting on Monday 

Education CS and her Interior counter part will on Monday lead a top officials’ meeting to lay down final preparations for this year’s KCPE and KCSE exams that begin in a fortnight’s time. During the Monday meeting, security officials will be given keys to the metallic containers where exam materials are to be kept. The Kenya National examinations Council, KNEC, has invited top security officials, regional directors of education and school heads representatives for the ultimate meeting.
Cabinet Secretaries Dr. Amina Mohamed, Dr. Fred Matiang’i and Joe Mucheru and Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer, Nancy Macharia, will attend the multi-agency meeting.

• Schools using sniffer dogs to detect drugs

Learning institutions are using highly trained sniffer dogs to flush out drugs from their compounds. A team led by Kissinger Sambu pitched camp at Kangema High School in Murang’a where bhang, drugs and mobile phone parts hidden by the students were recovered. In one of the dormitories, the dog barked non-stop until Kissinger climbed up the roof and removed rolls of bhang wrapped in a polythene bag. drug addiction is on the rise among high school students and it has been blamed to be the leading cause for schools’ fires.

• Education Ministry takes over Sh 2.4 Billion School Feeding Programme (SFP) from WFP

The government, through the ministry of Education, will disburse cash directly to primary schools for purchase of food rations under the School Feeding Programme (SFP).  The Sh2.4 billion allocated for the 2018/19 financial year by the Ministry of Education will be remitted directly to schools to buy food directly from farmers and traders in the areas the schools are located. The government took over the programme from the World Food Programme (WFP), which has been running the programme.

• You will not be financed in future if you do not issue free education monies receipts to learners- Basic education PS, Dr. Belio Kipsang, warns schools.

Education Principal Secretary, Dr. Belio Kipsang, has warned schools that do not issue receipts to students for Free Primary Education, FPE, and Free Secondary Education, FSE, that they will not be funded in future.

In a circular dated September 10, the PS directs all secondary schools’ heads to acknowledge receipt of the monies by issuing official receipts. Kipsang says the receipts must be sent to his office through the regional directors of education. He says all receipts must be received within one month of payments. “Failure to which further release of grants to such schools will be suspended,” said the PS.

• Moi Varsity, Mombasa, lecturers in demos over salary arrears:

More than 70 lecturers from Moi University’s Mombasa campus are on strike. the dons are  demanding salary arrears running into millions and which have accumulated since 2015. They have sought the intervention of Education CS Amina Mohamed, the Commission for University Education, the Ombudsman, labour unions, the anti-corruption agency, Mombasa governor Hassan Joho and civil society organisations. Moi University part time lecturers secretary general Vincent Kaingu said lecturers are also demanding appointment letters detailing names of units taught with payment rates.

• A student at Macumo Day Secondary School, Embu, slashes Lab Technician in an attempted assault on the principal.

Police in Embu county are holding a student of Macumo Day Secondary School for questioning after he allegedly attacked the school’s laboratory technician on Friday, October 12. The student is said to have been annoyed  by the institution’s head teacher whom he targeted with a panga in a bid to slash, him. Unfortunately, the  razor sharp panga landed on Anthony Njuki, the lab technician, in the head. Njuki also suffered a broken arm and was rushed to hospital for treatment where he is receiving medication.

•  Popular City blogger attacked, fingers crashed.

An outspoken city blogger is nursing serious injuries after he was abducted by unknown assailants on Monday outside a city mall. Mr. Peter Amunga said the gang of four abducted him as he boarded a matatu outside Lavington Mall where he had attended a meeting. The gang seemingly had been waiting for him after confirming that he was in the mall, he said. The blogger has been vocal in highlighting education related matters including the alleged grand corruption at the Teachers service Commission, TSC. Amunga is admitted at a city hospital after an operation was done on his fingers on Wednesday.

• West Pokot-Marakwet border schools joined over security concerns ahead of National examinations.

2 schools on the West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet borders have been amalgamated. Kipsitona Primary School in Tabach ward, West Pokot, was closed in July after bandits attacked a nearby village, killing two people and stealing livestock. The school has been merged with Kamelei Primary School to allow KCPE candidates to prepare for the examinations. The national tests start in two weeks’ time.

• Teachers not well prepared for the Government’s  lap top project- CS Amina says

Education CS, Dr. Amina, has  said that  teachers had been slow to adopt information and communication technology. “The rate at which teachers are embracing the use of technology is low due to lack of practise and support/training,” Amina told Parliamentary Committee on education, this week. Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed made the revelations when she appeared before the National Assembly’s Education committee on Tuesday. This was the first time the CS was highlighting about the  project. She said the laptops are also being mishandled and stolen, a move that is derailing the project’s implementation.

• 2 teachers killed by Al-Shabaab militia in Mandera

Two teachers were Wednesday morning killed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County.

According to police, the two Arabia Boys High School teachers were non-locals. “They threw an explosive in a room that had four teachers, two managed to escape,” a local police officer told journalists. Two Kenya police reservists manning the teacher’s quarters were overpowered by the militants and forced to flee to safety. insecurity has remained on a high in the Nort eastern region for a long time.

• CS Amina bans schools’ visits during the exams period.

The Education Ministry, on Monday, banned school visits by parents and guardians during the exams period. Outlawed, also, are mobile phones within the examination centres. “Parents whose children will be found with mobile phones in school will be held personally responsible for the actions. Their children will immediately be suspended from school and such candidates will not be allowed to sit the examinations,” Amina said during a Stake holders’ meeting on Monday.

• KNUT Secretary Genera, Wilson Sossion, urges TSC to hire untrained locals to curb Shabab attacks in Northeastern schools.

The Kenya Nation union of Teachers, Knut, Secretary General Wilson Sossion has asked the TSC  to recruit untrained teachers from local communities in Northeastern to reduce attacks targetting schools in the region. He says “this would greatly reduce incidents attacks on teachers, schools and school properties,”. The SG gave the advice during a presser on Friday, this week. “TSC should allow students who have completed high school to work as untrained teachers as they continue to train under School-based programme,” Sossion added. This comes after 2 teachers were killed on Wednesday night by suspected Al-Sabab militia.

• Nairobi county bans ECDE graduations, says parents being exploited.

Nairobi County Government has banned Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) graduation ceremonies in all public schools across the county citing exploitation of parents. Nairobi Education Executive Janet Ouko on Tuesday said this is part of measures to ensure that ECDE in all the public schools in the county is completely free giving access to education for all children. “We have noted with concern that schools are planning ECDE graduation ceremonies and charging parents between Sh1,000 and 1500. This is against the spirit of free ECDE which the county is implementing. We have therefore issued a ban on those ceremonies especially if they attract a charge to the parents,” said Ouko in a memo. Parents have been paying hefty amounts of money towards the graduation ceremonies.

The Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC,  has dispatched appointment letters to various contracted professionals who will be in charge of this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, examinations. The appointment letters dated 17th September, 2018, spell out the terms of engagement and duties to be performed by the various contracted professionals during the administration of this year’s national tests.

In the letters written to principals through the Teachers Service Commission Sub County Directors, the school heads will receive a daily fare reimbursement of KShs. 500 for 23 days which converts to a total of KShs. 11,500; for the whole period.

“The Kenya National Examinations Council has appointed you the Centre Manager to oversee administration of the 2018 National Examinations at your examination centre from 5th to 28th November, 2018. You will be reimbursed travel expenses a rate of KShs. 500 per day inclusive of the rehearsal day'” reads the letter by Dr. Mercy G. Karogo, The Acting KNEC Chief Executive Officer.The principals are expected to append their signatures on the letters to confirm acceptance to abide to the stipulated terms and rules.

Among the key responsibilities of the principals, as outlined in the letters, are:

• Ensuring that rehearsal is undertaken prior to the examination.
• Maintaining a conducive environment for the conduct of examinations.
• Ensuring that all other unauthorized persons are restricted and kept away from the examination area during the examination period.
• Being at the distribution centre (Container) at the time prescribed by the council to collect the examination materials.
• Witnessing the opening of examination containers at the distribution centre every day of the examination.Taking overall responsibility for management of the examinations at the examination centre and ensuring that all candidates strictly adhere to the examination rules.

“As a centre manager, you are responsible to the TSC Sub County Director. The Council has delegated this duty to you and expects you to conduct the examination according to KNEC regulations,” adds Karogo. The principals will now have to keep an hawk’s eye to ensure the examinations end smoothly in their centres and will not have room for errors; including examination malpractices.

On the other hand, Supervisors shall receive a daily travel expense reimbursement of KShs. 630 for the 23 days that they shall be on duty. This translates to a total pay of about KShs. 14,490. The Supervisors shall be expected to report to the Examination Centres by 6.30am in the morning on every day of the examination to receive the examination materials from the Centre Managers in the presence of the security officers.

In this year’s examination, a total of 1,060,703 candidates will sit for the KCPE examinations; 531,548 boys and 529,155 girls across the 27,161 examination centres countrywide. Another, 664,585 candidates will sit for the KCSE examinations in 10,077 examination centres. 341,089 are boys while girls are 323,498.

Surprisingly, the Kenya National Examination Council has failed to allocate funds to other schools’ officers who shall be on duty, to provide support, during the examination period. The Deputy Principals who have just been mentioned as Deputy Centre Managers, in the KNEC’s examination regulations documents, will walk home empty handed. Also going home without any fare reimbursement are the Subject teachers and Laboratory Technicians/ Assistants who will be conducting the practical examinations when required as per the KNEC examination time table.

A total of 70,000 police officers will be deployed to provide security during this year’s examinations period.

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