Education CS Fred Matiang'i. [Photo/BD]
The Treasury has released Sh37 billion to public schools for implementation of the free secondary education programme.
Free secondary education was part of President Uhuru Kenyatta's campaign pledge in the run-up to the last general election.
Under the program, public secondary schools received Sh29.5 billion.
The remaining Sh7.5 billion will go towards printing and supplying textbooks for both secondary and primary schools.
In the programme, the government increased funding for secondary boarding schools to Sh22,244 per student.
The government has allocated Sh5,122 per student for tuition and Sh6,000 for the cost of operations. In a statement, the Education ministry said that a portion of the money, equivalent to the cost of six core course books, had been recovered from each learner.
Standard Seven and Eight pupils will each receive four books for English, Kiswahili, Science and Mathematics, while secondary school students will receive six core textbooks for English, Kiswahili, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry.