Recommendations on Financing Basic Education
- Adopt and implement revised capitation to all levels of basic school institutions to reflect the actual cost of education as shown in Tables 6 and 5.7 respectively.
| Item/Description | Pre- Primary | Primary | Junior School | Senior School |
| Tuition | ||||
| Textbooks and Teacher Guidebooks | 374 | 672 | 1,672 | 1,800 |
| Exercise Books and Stationery | 270 | 486 | 1,700 | 2,000 |
| Curriculum Support Materials | 251 | 500 | 1,024 | 1,500 |
| ICT Materials | 130 | 100 | 330 | 800 |
| School-based Capacity Development for Teachers and Management | 100 | 50 | 100 | 444 |
| Laboratory | 1,000 | 1,300 | ||
| Sub-Total | 1,125 | 1,808 | 5,826 | 7,844 |
| Operational Expenses | ||||
| Repairs, Maintenance and Improvement (RMI) | 111 | 1,250 | 2,500 | |
| Local transport and travel | 67 | 116 | 516 | |
| Electricity, water, conservancy (EWC) and internet | 100 | 600 | 600 | |
| Activity and co-curricular activities | 100 | 800 | 1,500 | |
| Telephone/box rental, postage | 52 | 147 | 147 | |
| Environment maintenance costs | 184 | 200 | ||
| Dignity Kitty (Sanitary Towels for girls from 13 years old) | 270 | 270 | ||
| Non-Teaching Staff Wages | 1,850 | 2,250 | ||
| Medical Insurance | 2,000 | |||
| Sanatorium | 500 | |||
| SMASSE | 200 | |||
| Sub-Total | 45 | 430 | 5,217 | 10,683 |
| Infrastructure Development for the Initial 5 Years | 4,000 | 4,000 | ||
| Capitation per learner | 1,170 | 2,238 | 15,043 | 22,527 |
| Special Needs (additional capitation Pre- Primary 604, Primary 3,624, JS 10,000 and SS 35,000) | 1,774 | 5,862 | 25,043 | 57,527 |
Table 5.6: Recommended Capitation for Basic Education (Ksh)
- MoE to develop guideline to regulate and liberalise the question of school uniform in basic education
- MoE to strengthen the school Audit unit to enable it to support BOMs with internal audit functions and capacity-built school managers, and auditor general to undertake external
- MoE to recruit accountants/accounts clerks in basic learning institutions to enhance management and accountability of funds.
- MoE to develop a framework to facilitate engagements with development partners.
- MoE to partner with NG-CDF on infrastructure development in schools.
- Adopt a Minimum Essential Package (MEP) to schools of Ksh. 70,200 for Pre- Primary; Ksh. 537,120 for Primary education, Ksh. 2,030,805 for Junior School, 3,041,145 for Senior School as shown in Table 5.7. Appropriate top-up will apply for schools with Special Needs Education.
Table 5.7: Minimum Essential Package (Ksh) Per Year for Basic Education
| Level of Education | Classes | Streams | Enrolment per class | Capitation (Ksh) | MEP (Ksh) |
| Pre-Primary | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1,170 | 70,200 |
| Primary | 6 | 1 | 40 | 2,238 | 537,120 |
| Junior School | 3 | 1 | 45 | 15,043 | 2,030,805 |
| Senior School | 3 | 1 | 45 | 22,527 | 3,041,145 |
- MoE to reform the disbursement procedure of infrastructure funds by involving County Education Boards which shall be responsible for the identification of schools to benefit from infrastructural funds using objective criteria.
- MoE, in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development to adopt alternative building technology for schools.
- MoE to develop a framework for resource sharing, especially the infrastructure and other resources at all levels of learning.
