This archive report was first published on 8 July 2020.
On July 8, 2020, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced that schools will reopen in 2021, with learners from grade one to four, standard five to seven, and form one to three remaining in their current classes.
Speaking in Taveta, Prof Magoha emphasized that fees paid for the first term were well spent and that parents will have to pay for the first term fees when schools reopen in 2021.
However, parents who had already paid fees for the second and third terms will either be refunded or come to an agreement with the school, as per Prof Magoha's directive.
“Let us be realistic here, the first term fees was spent and it is lost so don’t even think that we are going to sit down with you to waste time. Second term was not there, somebody who had paid fees should be refunded,” Prof Magoha said.
He suggested that if the school has already used the money for a particular project, a meeting between the school and parents should be called to explain their situation.
Prof Magoha's directive aims to simplify the refund process for parents who had already paid fees for the second and third terms.
