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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, again this is on the implementation status of the resolution of the House of 20th April 2011 on development of schemes of service for non-teaching staff for both primary and secondary schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to submit to this House the report on the implementation status on the resolution of the House passed on the 20th of April 2011 with regard to the development of a scheme of service for non-teaching staff for both primary and secondary schools. In the years 2003 and 2008 when the Government introduced free primary education and free day secondary education respectively, a specific grant was voted to schools for paying personal emoluments. In primary schools the capitation has been Kshs110 per child while in secondary schools, the capitation has been Kshs3, 965 per child. This arrangement has inherent weaknesses as school management committees and Board of Governors (BoGs) have the discretion of deciding what to pay. In addition to this, the special needs schools received additional funding towards salaries for support staff due to their specialized nature of work. In January 2011, the Ministry established a task force to align education to the Constitution. One of its critical terms of reference is to look into the priority areas that include financing education at all levels and modalities for resource mobilization, to ensure free basic education. The task force, in its first draft report to my Ministry, has observed that the free primary education and free day secondary education grants are inadequate and should be reviewed on the basis of unit cost analysis while adjusting for any inflationary effects. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a technical committee comprising officers drawn from my Ministry has been constituted to study the implications of the above recommendation and come up with a realistic unit cost of both primary and secondary education in Kenya which will include sustainable schemes of service for non-teaching staff. The technical committee has already prepared a work plan, established a desk review process, developed instruments for data collection and is in the process of finalizing the subsequent stages of its report. The committee is expected to submit its findings by 30th November 2011. Thank you."
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