Inside Parliament's probe into secondary school fees and capitation

“The school charged fees of Sh68,554 whereas the fees as per the Ministry’s guideline is Sh53,554 and the school thus raised fees by Sh15,000 per student annually contrary to Regulation 44 of Basic Education Regulation 2015, which states that no public school or institution shall issue alternative fee structure other than that approved by the Cabinet Secretary,” the auditor read.

Pangani Girls School Chief Principal Dr Millicent Odhiambo before the National Assembly Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education.

Kenya High School Chief Principal Rev Edith Koech was also required to respond to an audit query over unapproved fees under the parents’ association support programme, through which parents were charged Sh25,000 above the set amount per student without approval from the county education board.