New 2023 Fees Structure for Secondary schools Per Category
The Ministry of Education has released the 2023 school fees structures for all secondary schools in Kenya. The new school fees structure will apply to all public Boarding and Day secondary schools in Kenya. All Sub County, County, Extra County and National Schools will use the new fee structures.
Day school fees
The Government of Kenya has maintained its stand in continuing to offer free day schooling for learners in Day schools. These learners will only be charged lunch fees.
All learners in public schools receive a Government subsidy of KES. 22,244.00 Annually as shown below.
FDSE Structure
S/NO. ITEM AMOUNT (KES)
1 Tuition 4,144.00
2 Medical/ Insurance 2,000.00
3 Activity 1,500.00
4 SMASSE 200.00
5 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00
6 Maintenance and Improvement 5,000.00
7 Grand Total 22,244.00
Additional vote heads: local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Disbursement of capitation to schools will done in the ratio 50:30:20.
Boarding Schools Fees
The government gives capitation to each learner in a boarding school which equals capitation for each learner in a day school. In addition, parents must pay the boarding fees applicable to different categories of schools and location.
Category A boarding schools
This category comprises of:
All National schools and
Extra county schools that are located in the following towns: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret ONLY.
2021/2022 Category A Boarding school’s fees structure
S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 0.00 30,385 30,385
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 20,371 29,771
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 798.00 2,298.00
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
8 Total School Fees 22,244.00 53,554 75,798
Additional vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Category B Boarding Schools
This category consist of other boarding schools including extra county schools that are located in other areas other than the town of Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret.
2021/2022 Category B Boarding schools fees structure
S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teachiing, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 0.00 25,385 25,385
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 12,900 22,300
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 250.00 1,750
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
8 Total School Fees 22,244.00 40,535 62,779.
Additional vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
2021/2022 Fees Structure for Special Needs Schools
S/NO. VOTE HEAD G.O.K PARENT TOTAL
1 Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams 4,144.00 0 4,144.00
2 Boarding Equipment & Stores 23,220 10,790 34,010
3 Maintenance & Improvement 5,000.00 2,000.00 7,000.00
4 Other Vote Heads 9,400.00 0.00 9,400.00
5 Activity Fees 1,500.00 0.00 1,500.00
6 Medical & Insurance 2,000.00 0.00 2,000.00
7 Top Up 12,510.00 0.00 12,510.00
8 SMASSE 200.00 0.00 200.00
9 Total School Fees 57,974 12,790 70,764
Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Special needs are those schools that cater for learners with impairment e.g visual, physical, hearing and mental. GOK has enhanced capitation to KES. 53,807.00 distributed in the fees structure shown in Table 5.
The structure includes GOK subsidy of KES. 19,053.00 per learner for Boarding Equipment and stores and a top up grant of 12,510.00 per learner to cater for assistive devices and any additional personnel needed.
