A section of parents in Nakuru have expressed joy over the deal struck between school heads and Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i over fees stalemate.
Matiang'i held a successful crisis meeting on Tuesday in an effort to solve the school fees issue that had rocked the sector with a majority of parents saying some principals had converted them into cash cows.
This, they said on Wednesday, will ensure schools adhere to the standard fees structures allocated by the ministry contrary to previous years where some institutions were making huge adjustments to their fee structures to suit their demands.
"We have been suffering in silence, some of our high schools were practically more expensive than colleges," lamented Mary Waithera, a mother of four all of whom are high school students.
She further called on the county education ministers to make a follow up through the county and sub-county directors of education to ensure all schools stick to the official structures.
"Some head teachers will formulate ways of getting that extra coin from us, without a follow up, this agreement is useless," she added.
Elija Kiprono, a retired teacher doubts if the agreement will yield the expected results, arguing that the extra monies are for the day to day running of schools.
"It supplements activities such as trips, food and miscellaneous damages. It is not easy to run a school like many people think. It calls for proper budgeting that at times needs financial support from the same parents who are complaining," he offered.
His advise to local leaders is that they allocate more CDF monies to schools to help in the running of the institutions.
The meeting brought together union officials and school heads after parents complained of double fees they were being forced to pay.