Abrupt Closure of Schools is Looming
Due to the ongoing delay in the distribution of capitation money, which has severely hampered the operation of schools across the nation, secondary school administrators have threatened to close their institutions.
The majority of them mentioned anxiety about coming to school and dealing with creditors who provided the schools with supplies including food, school supplies, and stationery, as well as repairers and contractors.
On condition of anonymity, one lprincipal stated, “We have been forced to spend our meager salaries to run the schools but it seems the funds are still far away.”
A day school administrator described how he chose to miss one day of instruction to avoid confronting a hardware store owner who had lent him Ksh600,000 so that he could purchase food for the school.
According to him, “I used the money to pay the most troublesome food suppliers and payment of the support staff to buy some time, for at least a week, but the problem is still here.”
According to a spot check that was done, the majority of the area’s schools did not participate in the second term ball games due to a lack of funding.
They have immediate worries after Education CS Ezekiel Machogu stated that schools would receive the money by Friday, June 2.
The heads of Institutions have requested Machogu to make a clear statement regarding the delay before matters worsened in schools.
The Education Cabinet Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu, has been making or issuing false statements on the release of the the capitation money for the last three weeks. He keeps on pushing forward the dates.
The situation is so devastating following the hard economic times. Some schools are overwhelmed by the situation and each the Cabinet Secretary Issues a statement their hope for better days are rekindled only for the date to be pushed forward.
Abrupt Closure of Schools is Looming
