Education CS Fred Matiang'i. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
Form One students, The first batchof form one students under the Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) system are set to report to their respective schools come Tuesday.
Education PS Belio Kipsang has stated that the government has already distributed out Sh29.5 billion for the programme.
The government is aiming at achieving a 100 per cent progression from Primary to Secondary school level through the free education programme.
"The funds disbursed to schools will cover all the tuition and other operations as per guidelines for each student enrolled in secondary schools irrespective of whether they are enrolled in sub-county, county, extra-county or national schools," he said.
Mr Kipsang stated that schools that have boarding facilities, National Schools and Extra-County schools in the urban centres of Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, will charge Sh53,554, while all the other boarding schools expected to charge Sh40,435.
"The Ministry of Education advises children from needy and vulnerable families to seek financial assistance for the boarding component from alternative Government and Private interventions that include Constituency Development Fund, County Government bursary funds, Equity Bank Foundation, Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, Kenya Commercial Bank Foundation and Cooperative Bank, among other charities," he said.The PS noted that with all the help from all these interventions, the Ministry wishes to advise all Form One students to be ready to report to the schools they have been selected to by Tuesday.