We have no money to run schools, head teachers say
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha assesses new desks and the sitting arrangement at St Teresa’s Isanjiro Girls Secondary School in Malava, Kakamega County, on October 23, 2020.
Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association chairman Kahi Indimuli said schools depend on student’s fees payment to run most of their operations including boarding maintenance.
Mr Indimuli said the money sent by the government a week ago was very little and is not enough to run schools.
Public schools heads want the Ministry of Education to direct parents to pay school fees for their children who reported back a week ago, saying majority of learners did not pay for second term.
Secondary schools heads who spoke to the Nation yesterday said most schools are unable to maintain students in the institutions of learning as they are facing a financial crunch.
