CS Machogu maintains Junior Secondary School is free despite reports of some learners required to pay
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Junior Secondary School is free as CS Machogu warns schools charging unauthorized levies on learners
Junior Secondary School is free as CS Machogu warns schools charging unauthorized levies on learners.
Contrary to reports that students enrolling in junior secondary should pay a fee, the Education Cabinet Secretary has stated that junior secondary school is free.
After witnessing the Grade 7 students report to Junior Secondary School at Nairobi Primary on Monday, CS Machogu emphasized that no Grade 7 student should be left out of the ongoing transition because the government has covered all costs.
The CS advised all parents and guardians of students in Grade VII to make sure their kids go to school, adding that it’s required in accordance with the government’s initiative for a 100% transition.
“I want to clarify that Junior Secondary School is free and compulsory. No Principal, School board, PTA, or any other person is allowed to come up with unauthorized levies in the name of registration fees,” CS Machogu stated.
The CS also stated that all Grade VII students enrolled in public schools will receive a textbook for each of the Junior Secondary School’s core subjects as well as any elective courses they decide to take.
By the end of the exercise next week, he claimed, 17,893,270 student booklets and 423,514 teacher manuals would have been delivered.
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“The government of Kenya has disbursed a total of Sh3,164,365,856 billion which has purchased all the required books for Grade seven which again are free for all public Junior Secondary learners, and we have adequate books that will be given to each student,” he said.
The distribution schedule will run from January 30 and February 17, 2023.
Additionally, headteachers have been advised to check the number of books supplied to their schools.
Any school that may have variances between the number of books delivered in relation to the number of learners in Grade seven should report to the Sub County Education office.
The Ministry of Education has already released comprehensive interim guidelines to all schools and field officers on how the Grade VI learners will be transitioning to Junior Secondary School learning.
CS Machogu noted that all this is in line with the government’s commitment in implementing the much-needed education reforms.
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