Revised 2024 Secondary School Fees Structure Per Category
The government through the ministry of education has announced 2024 Secondary school fees for National, Extra County, County, Sub County Schools.
In 2024, the Government of Kenya (GOK) will continue to ensure attainment of Universal Secondary Education (USE).
Provision of the GOK Subsidy (capitation grants) to schools on a termly basis will be communicated.
The government of Kenya will provide subsidy to public schools under the following conditions:
1. The school MUST be duly registered and headed by a Principal appointed by Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
2. The school MUST be registered on the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) platform
3. The school MUST register and update learners records on NEMIS
4. Bank accounts for Tuition, Operations and Infrastructure Grants as operated by the school MUST be registered in NEMIS and with MOE at all its levels.
5. Details of Bank accounts for Infrastructure be submitted to the Ministry on time.
6. Enrolment data to be used for provision of the GOK Subsidy will be obtained from NEMIS.
Here is the 2024 School Fees Guidelines for all secondary schools as released by the Ministry of Education:
Table 1: FDSE Structure- Dayscholars school fees
Boarding Schools Fees
The government provides 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 are expected to pay the boarding fees applicable to different categories of schools and location.
Table 2: 2024 Boarding school’s fees structure- category A*
VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
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.
Table 3: 2024 Boarding schools fees structure- category B*
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.
Table 4: 2024 Fees Structure for Special Needs Schools
Disbursement of capitation to schools will done in the ratio 50:30:20.
Schools are advised to adhere to the fees guidelines provided in the regulations.
2024 Revised Secondary School Fees Structure Per Category