Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang will tomorrow face MPs over the capitation to Special Schools.
Kipsang will appear before members of the National Assembly Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity.
The PS is expected to highlight policies put in place by the government to support infrastructure development in Special Schools.
He will also elaborate on the curriculum and co-curricular activities in CBC to support mentally handicapped learners.
In April, The National Assembly Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity asked the Ministry of Education to double capitation for schools with learners with special needs to address challenges faced by teachers and children in those institutions.
Committee chaired by Mandera East MP Yusuf Adan Haji, noted that schools for children with special needs should be given special attention by the government.
“We shall make sure no student with special needs is left behind,” Haji said during a visit to St Jude Malaba Special School for mentally challenged children.
The Kenya Society of the Blind has also weighed on the matter, calling out the government on the disbursement of funds to special needs schools saying the money is never sufficient.
"A braille machine which costs Sh140,000 is not equivalent to a pen that costs Sh30. This tells you that a special needs school needs more funding than the other regular schools," KSB Executive Director Samson Waweru said.
He advocated for higher allocation of funds to the special needs institutions saying the schools require more resources than regular schools.