Govt issues Sh131.4bn for free education
The government has allocated Sh131.4bn for chargeless apprenticeship to be disbursed in Sh18.77bn account installments to baby for operational costs in schools, meals, boarding, assay and charge fees, agent abbot of State in the President’s Office amenable for Regional Administration, Local Government, Civil Service and Good Governance, Suleiman Jafo told the assembly in Dodoma yesterday.
The amount, according to the agent abbot includes Sh20,000 and Sh70,000 anniversary academy fee for a day and boarding accessory academy acceptance respectively, Sh1,500 for a circadian meal for a primary and accessory academy adolescent and Sh35,000 for added assorted needs in school.
Jafo was responding to Special Seats MP, Tunza Malapo’s (Chademe) catechism who had capital the government to breakdown on the capitation admission traveling to schools amidst skeptism over the 2014 government’s action on capitation grants that, according to him, larboard a lot to be desired.
“How will the government accurately acquit the capitation admission to accommodate chargeless education?” asked the alienated lawmaker.
He said the complaints were abounding a part of educators that 2014 apprenticeship action was abortion that brought a battery of problems in schools due to its poor accomplishing by the government, giving a could cause for affair over whether the new chargeless apprenticeship action would be successful.
He said the action had answerable the government into paying anniversary academy fees account Sh10,000 and Sh25,000 for a primary and accessory academy apprentice respectively, but it could hardly allow the dues.
But the agent abbot countered, adage the government had self-censored abundant to actual the mistakes and face the challenges beneath the new leadership.
“It is the government accommodation that starting January this year, all the enrolled and the continuing pupils for primary and accessory schools should not pay any fees,” he said.
The amount, according to the agent abbot includes Sh20,000 and Sh70,000 anniversary academy fee for a day and boarding accessory academy acceptance respectively, Sh1,500 for a circadian meal for a primary and accessory academy adolescent and Sh35,000 for added assorted needs in school.
Jafo was responding to Special Seats MP, Tunza Malapo’s (Chademe) catechism who had capital the government to breakdown on the capitation admission traveling to schools amidst skeptism over the 2014 government’s action on capitation grants that, according to him, larboard a lot to be desired.
“How will the government accurately acquit the capitation admission to accommodate chargeless education?” asked the alienated lawmaker.
He said the complaints were abounding a part of educators that 2014 apprenticeship action was abortion that brought a battery of problems in schools due to its poor accomplishing by the government, giving a could cause for affair over whether the new chargeless apprenticeship action would be successful.
He said the action had answerable the government into paying anniversary academy fees account Sh10,000 and Sh25,000 for a primary and accessory academy apprentice respectively, but it could hardly allow the dues.
But the agent abbot countered, adage the government had self-censored abundant to actual the mistakes and face the challenges beneath the new leadership.
“It is the government accommodation that starting January this year, all the enrolled and the continuing pupils for primary and accessory schools should not pay any fees,” he said.
