A cabinet sitting chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta on September 21, 2017. [Photo/PSCU]
The Cabinet, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has approved a Sh25 billion budget for free secondary school education.
This is in line with the president’s pledge during his campaigns to ensure all pupils who sit for their KCPE enrol in secondary schools.
In a statement, the government said it was fully committed to providing complete free day secondary education effective January 1, 2018.
Requisite infrastructure will be provided through government initiative that leads to 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school.
In 2018, the Form One intake will cater for 1,003,552 learners sitting their KCPE this year.
Of this 903,200 will join public schools, while 100,322 will join private ones.
The budget allocation now made will cater for an anticipated influx of leaders into public schools at the dawn of free day secondary education.