To AII:
Regional Directors of Education
County Directors of Education
Sub County Directors of Education (Issue sufficient copies to all head teachers of public primary schools)
DISBURSEMENT OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION FUNDS TO PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS’ ACCOUNTS 1 AND 2
The Government has released Ksh.46.20 per child for Account 1 which has been deposited into respective schools’ accounts.
The utilization of the funds will be strictly as follow:-
ACCOUNT 1
| SIMBA KSHS 46.20 | AMOUNT IN KSHS |
| Text books maintenance | 4.20 |
| Exercise books | 20.00 |
| Reference materials | 5.00 |
| Stationery | 17.00 |
| TOTAL | 46.20 |
Kshs 107.80 per child has been released into school Account 2.
The utilization of the funds will be strictly as follows:-
ACCOUNT 2
| GPA KSHS 107.80 | AMOUNT IN KSHS |
| Support Staff Wages (SSW) | 30.00 |
| Renovation of Classroom, Buildings of Toilets, Repairs Maintenance and Improvement (RMI) of Physical Facilities | 15.00 |
| Local Transport and Travelling (LT&T) | 9.00 |
| Electricity Water and Conservancy (EWC) | 11.50 |
| Telephone/Box Rental/Postage | 1.50 |
| Environmental and Sanitation | 8.00 |
| Capacity Building and Meetings (BOM) | 15.00 |
| Contingencies | 2.50 |
| Science and Applied Technology | 2.80 |
| ICT Infrastructure Materials | 2.50 |
| Assessments | 10.00 |
| TOTAL | 107.60 |
County Directors of Education should ensure that this information is availed to all public primary schools head teachers in their jurisdiction immediately to enable them utilize the funds as outlined above.
Sub County Directors of Education should receive acknowledgements from schools upon receipt of funds, prepare summaries of funds received by every school and forward the same to their respective CDEs who will in turn forward the same to the Director, Primary Education within 2 weeks.
SCDEs should also regularly monitor utilization of these funds in order to ensure strict adherence to the Ministry’s guidelines.
All Head teachers shall ensure that information on receipt of capitation grant is displayed on the school notice boards and the budget tabled and discussed in Board of Management (BOM) meetings.
Julius O. Jwan PhD, CBS
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
