Action has been taken against more than 200 secondary school principals who defied Cabinet Secretary George Magoha's order on hiking fees.
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) was directed to decide the fate of the school heads who were found liable for charging higher fees to parents.
On August 11, the TSC sent letters to the highlighted school principals demanding answers for the increased school fees contrary to regulations by the Education Ministry as well as answers on poor performance from primary schools.
High school teachers who are yet to implement the new fee guidelines could be in trouble after TSC issued show-cause letters to principals flaunting the guidelines.
According to KTN, many schools are charging higher fees based on old circulars while some schools are charging additional levies not contained in the government circular.
The academic calendar was reduced by 9 weeks and the government reduced school fees by Ksh8,500 for national schools and Ksh5,500 for the rest of the schools.
But many learning institutions are using an old circular that pegged annual fees for the parents at Ksh53,000. In the new circular the schools under category A that is National and extra-county schools in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri Thika and Eldoret were to charge Ksh45,000 under the parental obligation.
Schools under category B schools that is schools in other parts of the country apart from Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri Thika and Eldoret were expected to charge learners Ksh35,000 under parental obligation. But the regulations were ignored by school heads.
KTN indicated that Kisii School, Nakuru Girl's High School, Mbita High, Nyaburuu Girls' High, St Georges Girls' Sec. School, Kathiani Girls High School, Kakamega High School, Moi Kapsowar Girls High School and Ofafa Jericho High School charged students Ksh53,554 ignoring the new directive that caped fees at Ksh45,000.
Schools such as Nginda Girls, Karangare Sec. School and Nyamira Boys High, which were meant to charge parents Ksh35,000 stuck to the old fees circular charging parents Ksh40,535.
Other schools like Murang'a High and Sironga Girls' High charged parents more than the old fees circular. The two schools asked parents to pay Ksh63,900 and Ksh55,554 respectively.
In a letter to all Education Principal Secretary Paul Kibet stated that school heads will face the music for charging students more than the government had stipulated.
