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"content": "Out of Account 1, Ksh75 per learner was deducted and sent to the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) for purchase of textbooks. Out of Account 2, Ksh20 per learner was deducted for co-curricular activities. For Term 1 of 2025, the Ministry disbursed Ksh4,127,304,081 for a total of 5,812,164 learners. This amount was made up of Ksh1,688,433,642 to Account 1 and Ksh1,886,676,099 to Account 2. There is no money owed to schools for Term 1. All the money was disbursed in January 2025. The approved capitation rate for Junior Secondary School (JSS) is Ksh15,043 per learner per year. For Term 1 of 2025, Ksh15,323,832,631.92 was disbursed for 2,994,201 learners in 20,350 junior schools across the country. This amount is 50 per cent of the annual capitation due to the schools. The entire amount was disbursed in January 2025. At the Senior Secondary School level, the approved capitation rate is Ksh22,244 per learner per year. For Term 1 of 2025, the Ministry disbursed a total of Ksh28,824,649,743.76 for 3,268,616 learners across 9,513 schools. Each learner received Ksh8,816.61. The disbursement was 50 per cent of the budgeted amount in the Printed Estimates and was done in two tranches. The first Ksh14,412,324,871.88 was sent in January 2025 and the second disbursement of the same amount sent in March 2025. It is important to note that the allocation of Ksh28,824,649,743.76 reflects a budgetary deficit of Ksh7,528,897,408.24. The resource requirement at the approved rate of capitation is Ksh36,353,547,000.52. The second part of the question is the capitation amount allocated per child for examinations and activity fees for primary and secondary schools. No part of the capitation is allocated for national examinations. National examinations are funded independent of capitation from the budget allocated to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). In primary schools, the capitation amount allocated for co-curricular activities is Ksh76.44 per learner per year. Out of this, Ksh40 is retained at the headquarters to be used in running co- curricular activities at the national level, while Ksh36.44 is sent directly to the schools. In JSS, Ksh700 has been allocated to co-curricular activities and Ksh647 for internal assessment per learner per year. For senior secondary schools, in Term 1 of 2025, the capitation allocated per learner for activities fee was Ksh525 and for teaching and learning materials was Ksh1,643. The allocation for internal examination is 11 per cent of the sum provided for tuition. The third part of the question was the measures being taken by the Ministry of Education to ensure timely disbursement of capitation funds. The Ministry has taken steps to ensure timely disbursement of capitation to schools. From the beginning of the 2023/2024 Financial Year, capitation disbursements are done on a timely basis, in the ratio of 50:30:20 for Term 1, Term 2 and Term 3, respectively. This was a change from the previous practice where disbursements were done on a quarterly basis without reference to school terms."
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