IT WAS NOT RIGHT FOR EDUCTION CS TO ORDER CHILDREN WITHOUT FEES TO GO HOME

 IT WAS NOT RIGHT FOR EDUCTION CS TO ORDER

CHILDREN WITHOUT FEES TO GO HOME


Globally, education is recognized as a basic human right and that everyone had the right to education and which would be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Nelson Mandela said that "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Economically, educational attainment is

becoming more increasingly important, relative to other factors of production, as it leads to the transformation of other resources to enhance civil and better livelihoods among communities.

UNESCO, 2012 said that due to lack of secondary school places, students drop outs and repetition in developing countries such as Kenya . To improve on secondary school enrolment, the government of Kenya, in the recent past, has subsidized the cost of secondary education through public day schooling established through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) kitty (Republic of Kenya, 2004). In addition, students in these schools have benefited from tuition free day secondary education programme rolled out in the year 2008 (Republic of Kenya, 2013).The aim of this move was to make secondary education accessible and affordable.

Governments around the world have invested huge amounts of their expenditure on education, the 

government of Kenya is committed to elimination of poverty as a hindrance to educational development,

promotion of human rights through provision of education,attainment of sustainable development by the

provision of quality basic education for all. The Government had shown her commitment to the provision of 

quality education and training as a human right for all Kenyans through the introduction of Free Primary 

Education (FPE) in 2003 and Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) in 2008 so as to enhance retention of 

Learners in Schools.The introduction of CBC learning. The launch of SFDSE in 2008 was meant to address illiteracy, low quality education and 

low completion rates at the secondary level, high cost of education and poor community participation. (Republic 

of Kenya, 2005) These efforts were a positive move towards the realization of the Millennium Development 

Goals (MDGs) and Education for All. According to the Subsidized Free Day Secondary Education policy, the 

government was expected to meet the tuition fees of Ksh 10,265 per student, increased to 12,870 (2014) while 

the parents were required to meet other requirements like lunch, transport and boarding fees for those in 

boarding schools, besides development projects. This was in line with the government commitment to ensure 

that regional, special needs and gender disparities were addressed.Secondary school educational cycle lasts 4 years in Kenya. It is recognized as the 

springboard to tertiary or higher education and training. therefore, it is a significant juncture

in the national and educational development. Secondary school cycle in Kenya faces the challenges 

of  high dropout rates among the learners .One of the perennial causes of secondary school education dropouts is the inability to pay school fees due to poverty . 70% of children who complete primary school education in 

Kenya transit to secondary school annually. Out of this, 9% drop out of secondary school annually. Only 30% of 

the reminder complete secondary school and precede to either tertiary or higher learning institutions (Ministry of 

Education, 2009, 2014). Importantly every secondary school dropout signifies unfulfilled objective, goal and aim 

for the individual as well as the community at large.Therefore with all the investment in education eg CDF funding,MP and County bursaries,it was not proper for the CS of education to order children without school fees to be sent home.We have heard of two cases of of students commiting atrocities. One hanged himself in Allidina Visram high school,while another student took a four inch nail and hammered it on the school principal injuring him as a result of being sent to bring school fees.Students sent home because of school fees know very well chances of coming back are nil.Parents who have been affected by Covid-19 pandemic and have no income will instead ask the students not to go back to school or even use the same students to take care of their businesses.Students are not able to pay extra fees implies that the cost of education was still high.Let the CS of education stop ordering children to be sent away but instead look for funding for these students or tell principal to look for sponsors who can pay fees to the needy students.Low cost of education may increase enrolment.Why did they launch the Free Day Secondary Education (FDSE) in 2008 if the government intention was not to enhance retention of Learners in Schools? How can Kenyan children change the world as opined by Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, if they are sent home?


Veronica onjoro

PhD student Mount Kenya University

Author,Lecturer,Publisher and motivational speaker

Director Careers organisaton

onjoroveronica@yahoo.com

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