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    "content": "As far as TTCs are concerned, the Ministry is aware that some principals demand payment of the fees at the beginning of the first term. For all cases reaching the office, the Directorate of Basic and Secondary Education has addressed the issues with the individual principals who are instructed to observe the laid down rules and regulations. The fourth question was on the measures that the Ministry is taking to safeguard parents or guardians from the stress of having to pay fees at once for the whole academic year. During the launch of the P1 selection each year, principals are reminded of the Government policy on fees payment. Emphasis is laid on the fact that students should be admitted with or without fees so long as a commitment is made by the parents or guardians on when it will be paid. The question of payment of the full amount of fees required at the beginning of the terms does not arise. The fifth question was on the rationale of banning fees payment using the electronic means like Mpesa and how that relates to the Government’s digital ambitions as stated by the Jubilee Administration. This does not apply to TTCs. Students in TTCs are allowed to pay fees using electronic means. The sixth question was on how much money has been spent on bursaries by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of National Treasury through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF) and the devolved county governments and policy governing the same. With regard to the amount of money spent on bursaries, I wish to state that the Constituency Bursary Fund is no longer being disbursed through the Ministry of Education. This stopped in 2013. The Senator who sought this Statement should note that the KMTCs are under the Ministry of Health and that Ministry is in a better position to answer questions related to the colleges. I have served him with the detailed fees structure for the public TTCs in the country. If it is the wish of the Senate that I read through, I will do it, but it is detailed in the answer which the Senator has."
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