Exceeded targets
KLB had distributed 18.7 million books, exceeding the target which was put at 18.3 million. Oxford University Press has distributed four million copies to schools. The publisher also exceeded the target by some 500 books.
Longhorn had so far distributed 3.3 million books as Moran supplied 2.6 million copies, delivering on the targeted number. Only East Africa Educational Publishers had 6.65 per cent of Mathematics Standard eight pupils text books undelivered. “This amounts to 66,512 textbooks of 1,000,109 contracted,” reads the report. Of the 21,821 schools targeted, only 1,663 schools were yet to receive books. “All 47 counties have received text books. The remaining schools are spread in five counties of Turkana (183), Narok (264), Baringo (634), West Pokot (506) and Busia (66),” reads the report. The report says the distribution of the remaining books was completed by August 29. This means that KICD should have received delivery notes by August 31, according to the distribution plan.
The Ministry of Education launched the direct to schools supplies after it emerged that school heads colluded with some supplies to steal billions meant for textbook supplies. KICD initiated a new re-tendering process, which found that the prices quoted in the current approved textbook list had highly inflated costs. The ministry scaled the project to cater for all public primary and secondary schools and textbooks distribution targeted learners in standard 7, standard 8, Forms 1, 2, 3 and 4. More than 33 million text books were to be distributed, increasing the cover to more than 30,342 schools and over six million learners. In the primary school level, textbooks in English, Kiswahili, Mathematics and Science were distributed under phase I. In secondary school level, English, Kiswahili, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology textbooks were supplied to schools.
