2023 school fees for National Schools, Extra County Schools, County and all boarding schools.

2021 School fees structure for all secondary schools in Kenya

The Ministry of Education has released the 2023 school fees structure for all secondary schools under the government’s Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) programme. The new guidelines shows the amount of school fees to be paid by parents in National Schools, Extra County Schools, County, Sub-county and special schools.

For all national schools and Extra County schools located in major towns, the maximum fees has been set at Sh75,798 per year. Of this, the government through its FDSE programme will pay Sh22,244. The remaining balance will be paid by the parent or guardian.

The government will provide 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 will 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: 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	30,385.00	30,385.00
3	Maintenance & Improvement	5,000.00	2,000.00	7,000.00
4	Other Vote Heads	9,400.00	20,371.00	29,771.00
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	53,554.00	75,798.00

*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.

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Table 4: 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	25,385.00	25,385.00
3	Maintenance & Improvement	5,000.00	2,000.00	7,000.00
4	Other Vote Heads	9,400.00	12,900.00	22,300.00
5	Activity Fees	1,500.00	250.00	1,750.00
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	40,535.00	62,779.00

*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.

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