KESSHA Proposes School Capitation Increment to 30,000 Per Student
KESSHA Proposes School Capitation Increment to 30,000 Per Student. The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association‘s (KESSHA) chairperson, Kahi Indimuli, has proposed increasing capitation from the current level of Sh22,244 to Sh30,000 per student.
During the 46th Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) Conference on Wednesday in Mombasa, Indimuli said that running a school has been challenging.
He stated that the recent increase in commodity prices and the postponed distribution of government cash were to blame.
“I’m faced with a challenge when my employees assert that we don’t even receive 100% of the Sh22,244, how could we ask for more when even the smallest amount doesn’t arrive. What will happen and how? Indimuli enquired.
For the fiscal year 2021–2022, the head of schools reportedly proposed Sh17,792; this sum included the monies still on hand at the ministry for Edu Afya and activities.
He asserted that each student has a balance for that academic year of Sh4,451.
KESSHA Proposes School Capitation Increment to 30,000 Per Student
He went on to say that the Financial Year 2022–23 received a similar sum of Sh17,000 and that they were still looking for a Sh5,000 shortfall per student.
Indimuli claims that schools are owed unremitted capitation money of Sh8,901 for each learner.
We’ll send the kids home to get this money, Indimuli retorted.
The chairman went on to add that the only option to close the gap is to encourage parents to pay tuition for their kids to attend boarding schools.
“It bothers us because how are we going to feed them when capitation is declared and the parents are then told that no children should be sent home because we have already paid money to the schools? How can we provide hygienic restrooms and clean water? Children are under my authority the moment they walk into my school, Indimuli said.
As a government, I am aware that you have a number of ways to pay for budget deficits, and you frequently borrow to make up the gap. We are unable to borrow money as schools to make up for our financial shortfall.
Parents are requested to pay boarding school tuition and lunch money for day students as a result of “we are unable to meet our budget deficits.”