Final School Fees Guidelines for Pre- Primary, Primary Junior and Senior Schools by the Presidential Working Committee on Education

Recommendations on Financing Basic Education

1. Adopt and implement revised capitation to all levels of basic school institutions to reflect the actual cost of education as shown in Tables 6 and 5.7 respectively.

Table 5.6: Recommended Capitation for Basic Education (Ksh)

2. MoE to develop guideline to regulate and liberalise the question of school uniform in basic education
3. MoE to strengthen the school Audit unit to enable it to support BOMs with internal audit functions and capacity-built school managers, and auditor general to undertake external
4. MoE to recruit accountants/accounts clerks in basic learning institutions to enhance management and accountability of funds.
5. MoE to develop a framework to facilitate engagements with development partners.
6. MoE to partner with NG-CDF on infrastructure development in schools.
7. Adopt a Minimum Essential Package (MEP) to schools of Ksh. 70,200 for Pre- Primary; Ksh. 537,120 for Primary education, Ksh. 2,030,805 for Junior School, 3,041,145 for Senior School as shown in Table 5.7. Appropriate top-up will apply for schools with Special Needs Education.

Table 5.7: Minimum Essential Package (Ksh) Per Year for Basic Education

8. MoE to reform the disbursement procedure of infrastructure funds by involving County Education Boards which shall be responsible for the identification of schools to benefit from infrastructural funds using objective criteria.
9. MoE, in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to adopt alternative building technology for schools.
10. MoE to develop a framework for resource sharing, especially the infrastructure and other resources at all levels of learning.