2024 Form one reporting dates, school fees; admission letters

2024 Form One Reporting Dates

The reporting period for all 2024 Form One students will be January 2024. In case of any queries, parents are advised to visit their respective County Directors of Education for assistance.

The Ministry of Education has directed that all admitted students should be captured on NEMIS by February 2024. All the CDEs are required to ensure compliance with this requirement.

Government’s 100 per cent transition policy

The Government is committed to ensure that every learner progresses from primary to secondary school. To address barriers to secondary education, the Ministry will continue working with the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to facilitate the enrollment of every child in secondary school.

National administrative arms will work with county and sub-county education officials to ensure that no child is locked out of secondary education owing to factors removed from their ability to access education.

Accordingly, all Ministry officials will be expected to file accurate daily returns on the status of reporting to schools to ensure 100% transition is achieved.

Monitoring of Form One Reporting through NEMIS

The Ministry will use the NEMIS platform for efficient and effective management and monitoring of learners in the school system. In this regard, principals will be required to file accurate daily returns on the status of reporting to schools.

To mitigate against weak network coverage, the Ministry has developed an innovative offline admission application for principals which can be accessed through mobile phones.

On the same note, Principals are directed not to admit students on NEMIS before they physically report to the school. In addition, parents/guardians are encouraged to facilitate smooth admission of all learners to secondary schools by submission of the requisite documents for NEMIS registration.

Affirmative action for transition and retention of needy students.

The Ministry has been offering support to the needy students through Elimu scholarship. Previously these efforts were further complemented by other scholarships from our partners from various organizations. In this regard, the Ministry of Education appreciates these scholarships and bursary providers such as Equity Bank, KCB, Co-Operative Bank, NG-CDF, and the County Government who supported the achievement of 100% transition.

The Ministry shall also strengthen the School feeding and sanitary towels provision programmes to enhance retention. Notable also is the EDU-Afya Medical cover for all students registered in NEMIS in public secondary schools.

School Fees

The Ministry has issued fees guidelines for the boarding students to which schools should adhere to. The Ministry of Education states that Public Secondary School fees for the 2024 academic calendar year will not be Fees Structure Guidelines for Secondary schools 2024

On its part the Government will maintain its capitation per student in all Public Secondary Schools at Ksh22,244.

See also; Fees Structure Guidelines for Secondary schools 2024

Parents whose children are enrolled in Public day Secondary Schools should not be charged any fees because the Government is catering for all the tuition costs amounting to Ksh22,244.

Parents should report incidents of any students turned away for not paying higher fees and other levies to the nearest education office for action.

School infrastructure and resources

 Given that about 70% of the secondary students are day scholars is a clear indication that more support should be directed in developing these schools.The Ministry of Education therefore encourages all boarding schools to introduce day wings to enhance access and cut down cost of education. This is also in line with CBC requirements for parental engagement in delivery of the curriculum.