Several KCSE Candidates Miss Out In School Due Fee Arrears.
Thousands of students were sent home to collect school fees across the country a few days after schools reopened for the third term of the 2022 academic year.
The move is set to affect the progress of this year’s KCSE candidates as they prepare for the upcoming national examinations which are set to start in November.
Even though the government claim to have released capitation funds to schools, school administrators have revealed that they are running low on finances.
Schools resumed last week after a one-week break. However, several students who reported and had not complied with fees payment were sent home to bring school fees arrears.
Many parents have claimed that some school administrators are not considering their financial challenges amidst harsh economic times when they demand full payment of tuition fees. They noted that this is contrary to guidelines issued by the government through the Ministry of Education in previous times.
Research done by Elimunews.co.ke has revealed that both day schools and boarding schools are affected.
One the parents who spoke to us revealed that his two children from Sirikhaya Secondary and other one from Lwanya Girls Secondary were sent home to collect school fees.
Sane Girls Secondary School in Tana River County on reporting day sent all students with outstanding balanced were sent home.
Another principal revealed that no student with outstanding balances will be allowed to stay school since the school is struggling without fund to meet asic requirements for the learners to stay in school.
According to the Principal Secretary for Early Learning and Basic Education Julius Jwan, the free secondary school capitation funds had been released by the government but had not reached schools as at that time.
Njeru Mutani, the branch executive secretary of KNUT said that keeping pupils in school without sufficient food could lead to student unrest.
However, some principals have not sent students home for school fees because they fear the wrath of the government.
School principals have accused parents of exploiting the directive of not sending learners home fees to their advantage with some opting not to pay school fees at all.
The KCSE candidates who are still are going to miss a lot while others are on with thorough revisions as they prepare for the forthcoming examination.
