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"speaker_name": "Mr Julius Ogamba",
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"content": "engage the public, and discuss with them and inform them how this model works, so that they are informed. Hon. Speaker, the third question requires us to provide the approximate cost of education of an individual from the basic education level to the tertiary level. This depends on a number of variables such as whether he has special needs, the type of schools attended— whether it is a day school or boarding school—gender, and the type of tertiary education received, that is whether it is through TVET or university. The current rates for capitation are as follows: 1. In primary school, we have Ksh1,420 per learner per year. 2. In Junior Secondary School, we have Ksh15,042 per learner per year. 3. In secondary school, we have Ksh22,244 per learner per year. These rates were considered by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform. They recommended that the rates be revised to reflect the actual cost of education. Therefore, the figures below are the ones that were recommended by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform. For pre-primary, it was recommended that the figure be enhanced to Ksh5,384 per year for lunch and Ksh1,170 per year for tuition. This brings the cost per year to about Ksh18,828 for Pre-Primary 1 (PP1) and Pre-Primary 2 (PP2). If the learner has special needs, the figure increases to Ksh19,636. For primary school, the figure that is recommended is Ksh2,238 per year for tuition and Ksh5,384 for lunch. Therefore, the total cost per learner in a regular day primary school for six years is Ksh45,732. In boarding schools, the cost increases because of the cost of dinner which is Ksh5,594. That results to Ksh79,296 per year. The figure increases if a learner has special needs. The total becomes Ksh101,040 for the entire primary school period. For junior school, the annual cost of tuition in a regular school is estimated at Ksh15,043 per learner. The cost of lunch is Ksh5,384. This totals to Ksh61,281 for the three years in a regular day junior school. You add Ksh10,000 if a learner has special needs and the cost goes up to Ksh91,281 per year. I have a table for secondary schools. Just allow me to indicate that we have different figures for female students and male students. The female student costs slightly higher because of the kit they get. For female students in a national extra-county school, the figure is Ksh481,915 for four years. The figure is Ksh621,915 for students with special needs. The figure works out to Ksh472,232 for males. It becomes Ksh612,232 if you have special needs. The figure is Ksh429,839 for females in boarding schools and Ksh569,839 for special needs. The figure is Ksh420,156 for males in boarding schools. If you have special needs, it is Ksh560,156. Let me note at this point that 70 per cent of our students are in day schools. Boarding secondary schools account for only 30 per cent of the student population. The capitation is enhanced by Ksh35,000 per learner per year for learners with special needs, with a total capitation of Ksh230,108 per learner over the four years. For learners in day secondary schools, the approximate cost per learner per year is Ksh22,527 for tuition and Ksh11,000 for lunch. This totals to Ksh234,108. However, the Ksh11,000 for lunch in these schools is a special arrangement between schools and parents. It is not capitation. For tertiary education, the average cost of education and training in technical vocational education and training institutions is Ksh125,789 per annum. That comprises tuition fees of Ksh67,189, Ksh15,000 for assessment, Ksh18,600 for upkeep, and administration costs of Ksh25,000. In universities, the annual cost for programmes ranges from Ksh122,400 for arts programmes to Ksh612,000 per year for programmes in medicine. The average upkeep cost per year for students in the university is 60,000 per student."
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