Education CS Julius Ogamba has appealed to school heads not to send learners home over fees arrears saying the government has disbursed part of the Sh48 billion capitation to schools.
The CS said Treasury released Sh19 billion on Thursday and a further Sh15 billion will be disbursed this Friday.
He admitted that the release of the funds has been fraught with challenges but that has since been resolved.
"So we are in the process of completing that Sh48 billion in the next one or two weeks to ensure that all our schools have got their resources so we are asking headteachers not to send children home because the funds are on the way to their accounts," Ogamba said.
He spoke on Thursday in Mombasa at St Charles Lwanga Junior School during the enlisting of learners into the Social Health Authority (SHA).
Ogamba was accompanied by Moses Kuria, Senior Adviser, Council of Economic Advisors at State House.
"Those who have accounts in KCB I think they have already received capitation for JSS and primary school," the CS added.
The Kenya Primary Heads Association had a fortnight ago expressed fear that schools may be unable to continue keeping learners in institutions if capitation is delayed any further.
Meanwhile, Ogamba assured that the government was doing everything necessary to ensure learning is not interrupted across all basic education institutions, especially in Junior schools.
He said already, 76,000 teachers have already been hired to handle the classes while some have been retooled to align their skills with the demands of the Junior school curriculum.
"We have ensured that in each JSS school, there are a number of teachers capable of ensuring learning is going on. We also provided books, for example in this school (St Charles Lwanga) books for each subject have arrived."
Speaking at Mrima in Likoni during the SHA registration, Kuria asked parents to ensure they register with SHA and list their children as beneficiaries to ensure they get medical attention should they fall sick.
"SHA is like harambee, I personally pay Sh27,000 meaning there's someone somewhere who I don't even know who's getting treated because I paid. You no longer need to call harambees of only people known to you, we are all now contributors," Kuria said.
