Parents will not have a not-so-easy time after the school calendar returns to normalcy starting January 23, 2023.
The calendar which had been disrupted by covid-19 has now been adjusted to the initial one.
This could be a reliever for parents who would pay school fees after almost every month.
But now, parents will have to pay full school fees after the government removed the education subsidy.
“The calendar was disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the calendar will revert normally in January 2023,” the circular read.
All pre-primary, primary and secondary schools will have their opening day on January 23 and close on April 21 after 13 weeks.
Students will break for half term from June 29 to July 2 and spend their holiday from August 12 to August 27.
Third term will be from August 28 to November 11 while the December holiday will take place from November 3 to January.
KCPE national exams are scheduled for November 6 to 9 while the KCSE exam commences from November 10 to December 1 for three weeks.
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu clarified a move by the government to scrap the subsidy on secondary school fees.
Speaking in November last year at Wajir High school, Machogu said the move was occasioned by a return to normalcy in the school calendar.
"From January 23, we will have three terms the way it used to be before so the fees structure remains the same as that of two years ago," Machogu said.
This is after a circular addressed to senior education officials indicated the changes in school fees.
"Anybody saying the figure has been changed, that is not here in Kenya. Changing school fees would need another taskforce," he said.
Due to the compressed school calendar which was occasioned by Covid-19, the ministry had reduced fees by Sh8,500.
According to a circular from the ministry, parents will have to pay Sh53,554 for national schools, as was before the reduction.
This will apply to national and extra county schools in seven counties.
The new guidelines were written to all county directors of education.
"The counties are Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret," the circular reads.
The new directive applies to boarding schools.
The ministry has also categorized the schools into category B.
Here, the government will provide an Sh22,244 subsidy which is equal for learners in a day school.
"In order to meet the cost of boarding as well as maintenance and improvement parents will pay Sh40,535," the circular reads.
Currently, national Schools pay Sh45,054 while the Extra County and County schools pay Sh35,035.
Extra county and county schools would pay Sh5,500 less.
