Private schools have lauded the examination fees waiver but asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to let them receive laptops and tablets.
Christopher Cheboiboch, Elgeyo Marakwet chairman for the Kenya Private Schools Association, parents feel their children have been left out.
Cheboiboch said school children cannot be classified as private or public.
"They all sit for national exams and deserve to be treated equally," he said in Iten on Saturday.
“Give us the laptops to ensure
learners in private and public schools
are treated equally."
Cheboiboch
dismissed the notion that all private school parents were rich therefore able to buy laptops for their children.
He said some opted for private schools as public learning institutions are crowded.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the fees waiver
on Friday when he hosted winners of this year’s schools music festival at State House, Nairobi.
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Waivers began in 2015 after the government set aside Sh4 billion for
the programme that only benefited public school candidates in 2014.
