KNUT Demands Timely and Increased School Capitation
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has requested a review of school capitation in order to increase the provision of free fundamental education.
Collins Oyuu, the general secretary of the KNUT, believes that the manner in which the government has been sending capitation funds to schools is deficient.
Oyuu argued that the government’s practice of dispersing funds in small increments hinders elementary and secondary school operations.
He stated that free basic education can only be sustained if the government can timely and adequately distribute funds to institutions.
Oyuu, who spoke during a fundraiser at St. Gabriels’ Gagra Catholic Church in Rarieda sub-county, bemoaned the fact that school capitation remains at the same rate as it was ten years ago, despite the fact that the cost of living has doubled.
The leader of the KNUT petitioned the government through the Ministry of Education to consider increasing the capitation for schools, stating that it is difficult for school administrators to manage their institutions.
He also criticized the government’s practice of falsely announcing that funds have been allocated to institutions. According to him, this was producing conflict between school administrators and parents.
According to certain parents and union leaders, the government’s consistent delays in disbursing capitation funding have forced schools to devise their own means of survival such as the banned remedials.
They assert that despite the Education Ministry’s issuance of stringent directives, they are rendered ineffective because the government fails to release funds in a timely manner, preventing schools from adequately planning and budgeting for their annual activities.
KNUT Demands Timely and Increased School Capitation
