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"speaker_name": "Mr Julius Ogamba",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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"content": "highest figures. The figures for universities and Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions are inclusive of upkeep and subsistence costs. The most expensive programme is Bachelor of Medicine and Dental Surgery, which is Ksh612,000. The least expensive programme is Bachelor of Arts, at Ksh122,400. The fourth Question requires us to state the amount that goes towards education bursaries and scholarships every year. I wish to clarify that the Government is required to provide capitation to public basic education institutions every year at the approved rate of Ksh1,420 per learner per year in primary schools, Ksh15,042 per learner per year in junior school, and Ksh22,244 per learner per year in secondary school. The total provision depends on enrolment. The requirement provided have a deficit over the last three financial years. I have a table to show. For instance, the requirement was Ksh11,815,000,000 in the 2022/2023 Financial Year. However, what was budgeted was Ksh11,811,734,102. That gave a deficit of Ksh3,265,898. The requirement was Ksh9,481,883,008 for the 2022/2023 Financial Year. The budgeted amount was Ksh9,476,460. There was a deficit of Ksh5,882,548. The estimated requirement for the 2024/2025 Financial Year was Ksh9,272,514,516. The budgeted provision was Ksh9,120,509,159. The deficit was Ksh152,000,000. There was a deficit of Ksh401,000,000 in the 2022/2023 Financial Year for students with special needs for primary school top-up. There was a deficit of 873,000,000 in 2023/2024 Financial Year and Ksh437,344,000 in the 2024/2025 Financial Year. Important to note is that there is a deficit throughout the years for free day junior school, senior junior top-up, free day secondary education, and senior secondary top-up. There is always a deficit. The target is never met. The figures are never met. The only scholarships that the Ministry administers for basic education is the Elimu Scholarship. It supports selected students through secondary schools. The scholarship has been running since 2020. I now give a breakdown of the scholarships. There were 9,000 scholarships worth Ksh1,013,238,782 in the year 2020. There were 9,000 scholarships worth Ksh1,322,841,971 in 2021. In the year 2022, there were 9,000 scholarships worth Ksh2,967,055,422. In 2023, the scholarships were 10,572 valued at Ksh3,405,949,326. In 2024, there were 14,426 scholarships worth Ksh4,018,177,480. The grand total for those years since 2022 is 52,000 scholarships worth Ksh12,727,262,981. In tertiary education, the Government provides scholarships and loans to TVET and university students under the student-centred funding model. Students under the old funding model receive capitation from Government. Other than the Ministry of Education, we are also aware that the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) provides bursaries and scholarships to students. However, we do not have exact figures or the amount that this involves. The county governments also make a provision for scholarships and bursaries and from the information we have obtained for the year 2023/2024, for example, the county governments gave a provision of Ksh8,757,333,729 on bursaries and scholarships at all levels of education. Hon. Speaker, the fifth question requires us to provide a list of scholarship schemes and amounts that are administered by the Ministry of Education through each State Department. The State Department for Basic Education, as I have indicated above, administers the Elimu Scholarship mentioned earlier. The State Department for Technical and Vocational Education and Training and the State Department for Higher Education and Research do not administer any other scholarships and funding programmes apart from capitation, scholarships and the loans that we have indicated. The sixth Question is on the step that the Ministry has taken to amalgamate the multiple education bursary funds into a single fund under the Ministry of Education to cater for free education, especially in higher and tertiary levels. The challenge relating to the management The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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