Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]All students in public schools will have medical coverage paid by the government.
The government will allocate sh1,999 per child per year under the medical and insurance allocation. Parents will contribute any movies towards this vote head.
Additionally, all school property will be insured to save parents from shouldering the huge losses institutions incurred during the unrest.
According to the guidelines for the implementation of free day secondary education released by the Ministry of Education, the medical and property insurance vote head will take care of group emergency cover injuries, accidents and last respect, emergency drugs ,first aid kits and medical cover for students.Currently, schools have their own medical and insurance arrangements.The details emerged as the Government announced increased capitation per child by Sh 9,374 per year.This brings to a Sh 22,224, the total amount the Government will now release per child per year in all secondary schools.This means that the day school fees will be fully catered for while boarding schools are set to charge between sh 40,000 and sh 53,000.
The document says that parents will only be required to buy school uniforms for their children, meet lunch costs and boarding related levies.