A proposal by secondary school principals to increase school fees has sparked a public backlash, with parents questioning why they are once again being asked to shoulder the cost of running public schools instead of the government fully financing education through timely and adequate capitation.
The proposal, tabled last week during the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) annual conference in Mombasa, seeks to review the school fees structure that has remained unchanged since 2015, arguing that schools can no longer sustain operations under the current funding model.
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