Students getting their grades cut as funds drop

Even as Kenya’s education budget continues to grow each year, many children are still going without the basics they need to learn — a warm meal, a clean classroom and in some cases, sanitary towels.

A new civil society report paints a troubling picture of the reality behind the numbers, revealing that despite an increase in national education funding – from Sh460 billion in 2018 to Sh628 billion in 2022 – the amount allocated directly to students, known as capitation, has remained unchanged.