With almost all parents struggling with financial crisis and distorted academic calendar, CS Prof Magoha has decided to warn parents.
Unnecessary lockdowns and cessation of movement has affected every parent and school heads are being fueled by an Education CS who seem to have zero clue on what happens on the ground.
The CS has muted on uncertainties around the current curriculum that if full of financial requirements from parents and less of competition from learners.
Parents want a well and correlated calendar. Whether poor or financially stable, planning is key and CS is doing less on that.
Schools are open today and tomorrow the president wakes up and announces temporary closure. Academic affairs can not be volatile like cryptocurrencies. Who plans these things?
Yesterday, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha ordered school heads across the country to ensure parents pay school fees for the 3rd Term.
CS Magoha stated that at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) during the handing over of the multi-million Agricultural Laboratory (ALB) building which was funded by the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA).
According to CS Magoha, some parents from well off families were taking advantage of an earlier directive on the payment of school fees during the COVID 19 pandemic.
“I want to request, on behalf of government, that the Kenyan parents who are still denying paying the balance of their third term school fees to pay without delay. The headteachers and principals should double-check and ensure that the child they are sending home is not from a poor family or where the parent has lost their job. Majority of people who are refusing to pay school fees can afford to pay and they must now pay.”
CS Magoha also announced that the Form 1 selection process is on course and will be complete in 2 weeks times as more than 1 million learners will get placements across various secondary schools in the country.
The government has also disbursed 9.3 billion shillings across all learning institutions in the country.
