Education CS Fred Matiang’i. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
As the government gears up to pump enormous capitation in to the education sector, experts have warned of increased burden on the tax payer.
The government has set aside sh25 billion to fund the free day secondary education by increasing the amount set aside for each student from Sh12870 to Sh.22244.
The government has also directed that each student be covered with The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) where the students are entitled to Sh1999 each.
In an interview with Radio Citizen Education Expert, Dr. Emmanuel Manyasa said that even though the program is good, it is deemed to be costly to Kenyans due to increase in taxes or increased public debt so as to acquire enough funding.
“This big plans mean that a lot of money will be transferred from other state departments to the department of education so as to fund this plan,” Manyasa said.
“Kenyans should expect either the public debt to rise or taxes will increase so as to fully finance this expensive education program,” he added.
Education CS Dr. Fred Matiang’i said that with this increased capitation, tuition in secondary schools will completely be done away with.
“So with that increase it means that we are actually removing tuition completely for all secondary schools,” Matiang’i earlier said.