Schools Directed To Capture NEMIS Data Afresh
To weed out “ghost learners” receiving capitation, the government has asked secondary school principals, including junior secondary, to relist information about their schools and pupils.
County directors of education were instructed to complete the assignment by May 26 in a communication from Education Principal Secretary Dr. Belio Kipsang dated May 2.
School administrators have been gathering information over the past week as they deal with difficulties brought on by the government’s inability to distribute capitation money to support secondary education.
Kipsang instructed the school heads in the circular to list the student information for the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) once more.
The purpose of the exercise, according to the circular, is to count the number of students who are enrolled in class register but not NEMIS, as well as to record any new principals or school names that may have appeared over time.
He instructed county directors of education to gather the forms, check them, and deliver them to the director of education’s office.
The transfer, according to the principals surveyed, was a waste of time because NEMIS already has a lot of the information needed.
Only a small portion of parents have paid the costs, they claimed, therefore they are begging with suppliers to extend their deadline.
A head teacher stated, the teachers are facing numerous challenges as the government has failed to remit the free secondary school capitation.
The circular, according to Caesar Njoroge, principal of Gititu High School, is a delay strategy perfected by the Ministry of Education. The schools, he continued, “need resources desperately to stay afloat.”
Njenga Githige, the principal of Muthithi Secondary School, claimed that the absence of financing makes it difficult to operate day schools.
Njenga stated that “the heads are pleading with suppliers to help the schools operate.”
Resources are required, according to Naomi Njehia, principal of Kahuhia Girls, to support educational initiatives.
