2023 Fee Structure for Junior Secondary Schools
Education CS Honorable Ezekiel Machogu has released the fee structure for junior secondary schools.
Speaking during the release of KPSEA results and form one selection results, CS Machogu noted that parents and guardians whose learners will join the junior secondary school will not have to part with a single cent since the government will disburse Kshs 15, 000 per year. Kindly note that this fee is exclusive of school uniforms and other expenses such as pocket money and travel expenses.
Junior secondary school learners will have a different uniform from the rest.
The grade 7 placement exercise began on January 9, 2023. It will end on January 20, 2023.
Learners who were enrolled in primary schools that did not pass the JSS registration requirements will be transferred to neighboring schools.
2023 Fee Structure
The Government of Kenya through the Ministry of Education has released the 2023 school fees guidelines for all secondary schools in Kenya.
Speaking during the release of form one selection results on January 16, 2023, CS Machogu confirmed that there will be no changes on the 2023 fee structure.
The fee structure therefore remains the same since the year 2016.
The 2023/2023 MoE Fee Structure is as follows:
Table 1: FDSE Structure
| S/NO. | ITEM | AMOUNT (KES) |
| 1 | Tuition | 4,144.00 |
| 2 | Medical/ Insurance | 2,000.00 |
| 3 | Activity | 1,500.00 |
| 4 | SMASSE | 200.00 |
| 5 | Other Vote Heads | 9,400.00 |
| 6 | Maintenance and Improvement | 5,000.00 |
| 7 | Grand Total | 22,244.00 |
Other vote heads: local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Disbursement of capitation to schools will done in the ratio 50:30:20.
Boarding Schools Fees
The government provides capitation for each learner in a boarding school that is equal to capitation for each learner in a day school. In order to meet the cost of boarding, parents are expected to pay the boarding fees applicable to different categories of schools and location.
Tables 3, 4 and 5 below provide the details of the fees.
Table 3: 2023 Boarding school’s fees structure- category A*
| S/NO. | VOTE HEAD | G.O.K | PARENT | TOTAL |
| 1 | Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams | 4,144.00 | 0 | 4,144.00 |
| 2 | Boarding Equipment & Stores | 0.00 | 30,385 | 30,385 |
| 3 | Maintenance & Improvement | 5,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 7,000.00 |
| 4 | Other Vote Heads | 9,400.00 | 20,371 | 29,771 |
| 5 | Activity Fees | 1,500.00 | 798.00 | 2,298.00 |
| 6 | Medical & Insurance | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,000.00 |
| 7 | SMASSE | 200.00 | 0.00 | 200.00 |
| 8 | Total School Fees | 22,244.00 | 53,554 | 75,798 |
*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Category A are:
- All National schools and
- Extra county schools that are located in the following towns: Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret ONLY.
Table 4: 2023 Boarding schools fees structure- category B*
| S/NO. | VOTE HEAD | G.O.K | PARENT | TOTAL |
| 1 | Teachiing, Learning Materials & Exams | 4,144.00 | 0 | 4,144.00 |
| 2 | Boarding Equipment & Stores | 0.00 | 25,385 | 25,385 |
| 3 | Maintenance & Improvement | 5,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 7,000.00 |
| 4 | Other Vote Heads | 9,400.00 | 12,900 | 22,300 |
| 5 | Activity Fees | 1,500.00 | 250.00 | 1,750 |
| 6 | Medical & Insurance | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,000.00 |
| 7 | SMASSE | 200.00 | 0.00 | 200.00 |
| 8 | Total School Fees | 22,244.00 | 40,535 | 62,779. |
*Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration, Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Category B* are other boarding schools including extra county schools that are located in other areas other than the town of Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Thika and Eldoret.
Table 5: 2023 Fees Structure for Special Needs Schools
| S/NO. | VOTE HEAD | G.O.K | PARENT | TOTAL |
| 1 | Teaching, Learning Materials & Exams | 4,144.00 | 0 | 4,144.00 |
| 2 | Boarding Equipment & Stores | 23,220 | 10,790 | 34,010 |
| 3 | Maintenance & Improvement | 5,000.00 | 2,000.00 | 7,000.00 |
| 4 | Other Vote Heads | 9,400.00 | 0.00 | 9,400.00 |
| 5 | Activity Fees | 1,500.00 | 0.00 | 1,500.00 |
| 6 | Medical & Insurance | 2,000.00 | 0.00 | 2,000.00 |
| 7 | Top Up | 12,510.00 | 0.00 | 12,510.00 |
| 8 | SMASSE | 200.00 | 0.00 | 200.00 |
| 9 | Total School Fees | 57,974 | 12,790 | 70,764 |
Other vote heads Local travel and transport, Administration. Electricity, Personnel emolument.
Schools classified as Special needs are those schools that cater for learners with impairment e.g visual, physical, hearing and mental.
GOK has enhanced capitation to KES. 53,807.00 distributed in the fees structure shown in Table 5.
The structure includes GOK subsidy of KES. 19,053.00 per learner for Boarding Equipment and stores and a top-up grant of 12,510.00 per learner to cater for assistive devices and any additional personnel needed.
Schools are advised to adhere to the fee guidelines provided in the regulations.
