Ruto orders review of school funding in Kenya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
William Ruto has ordered a review of public funding allocated to schools to assess an increase in allocations per pupil. The Ministry of Education and the teachers' commission must submit their recommendations by January 2027, the Kenyan president said.
Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday ordered a review of public funding allocated to schools to assess an increase in allocations per pupil. He gave the Ministry of Education and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the body responsible for managing teachers, until January 2027 to submit their recommendations, Capital FM reports.
Education Minister Julius Ogamba and the TSC must examine current amounts and determine a new allocation that takes schools' operating costs into account, Ruto said at the annual general meeting of the Kenya Comprehensive School Heads Association in Mombasa. He said current rates needed to be reassessed to allow schools to improve their teaching conditions.
Ruto recalled that the last full review of allocations took place in 2015. Funding per pupil then rose from 1,040 shillings to 1,400, and then to 2,300 shillings. Any increase should in particular address spending on school supplies, infrastructure, administration and implementation of the competency-based curriculum, according to Capital FM.
