Ruto Issues Stern Warning to School Administrators Regarding Exploitative Practices Targeting Parents
President William Ruto has warned school administrators against taking advantage of parents by claiming delayed capitation.
While addressing a congregation in Teso, Busia County, Ruto emphasized that the government has already disbursed Sh62 billion for capitation and bursary funding to aid education.
“Listen from me, the government of Kenya has this January released Sh62 billion inclusive of Sh10 billion for the bursaries to all required institutions, be it Primary school, Secondary school, University schools and Tertiary,” he said.
Ruto underscored the government’s commitment to ensuring universal access to education for all Kenyan children.
He cautioned school administrators against undermining the government’s efforts, emphasizing that those who interfere with the implementation of the government’s plan would face sanctions.
“I want to tell those managers in the education sector not to take advantage of parents on false accounts of government having released no money,” he said.
“I want to state here categorically, we have released Sh62 billion to our primary schools, to our secondary schools, to our TVET Institutions including money for bursaries to our members of parliament,” Ruto explained.
President Ruto highlighted that the allocated funds for bursaries are intended to specifically assist students from less privileged backgrounds who face challenges in covering their school fees.
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah echoed the sentiments expressed by President Ruto, affirming that the National Treasury has disbursed funds through the National Government Constituency Development Funding (NG-CDF) to facilitate bursaries.
He refuted claims of a potential increase in school fees attributed to insufficient capitation.
“There have been some rumors that the school fees will rise due to lack of capitation in schools. I want to say Treasury has already disbursed the money,” he said.
The Ministry of Education verified that the exchequer had released school capitation on January 8, addressing concerns and dissatisfaction surrounding the delayed funding.
“I would want to assure our schools, assure our head teachers, assure our principals that yes, we have released capitations,” Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang during the release of 2023 KCPE examination results.
PS Kipsang stated that the Ministry had successfully arranged and processed the payment for all KCSE examiners.
“We have released your resources, I know KNEC finalized today morning. The resources will be on your point of payment by today. This is the first time that we are paying our professional during the release of exams,” he said.
