Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha lays a foundation stone for classrooms for junior secondary school at St Patrick’s Iten High School in Elgeyo Marakwet County during his visit on January 8, 2022. Looking on is the school’s Principal Peter Rotich.
The Education ministry has asked Parliament to recommend and approve allocation of additional funds to cater for junior secondary school students in January next year as cash for the students has been left out in the 2022/23 budget.
In their response to the National Assembly Education and Research committee on the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2022, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Jwan and his Implementation of Curriculum Reforms counterpart Fatuma Chege said the rollout of junior secondary could be paralysed if the government fail to budget for tuition.
