Senior Chief Koinange Girls’ Secondary School in Kiambaa Sub-county is at the brink of halting their operations where fees balance as of this term amount to Ksh 10 million.
Speaking during the launch of an e-learning center the school principal Esther Maina pleaded with the parents to pay up school fees arrears so that the school’s operations can flow.
“As of today, the fees balance for this term stands at Ksh 10 million. At this rate we are going to halt. Usually, the first term is made easy by Form One because we say before we admit which is legal, they clear fees in full,” Maina told the parents.
She said that due to non-admission of form ones the recurrent debts are still pending.
“By now we would have paid all the recurrent debts, and we would be still having a lot of money around. unfortunately, this year is different,” she said.
She said because the school demands parents to pick them from school that they have tried not to send students home but will wait until they head for mid-term.
She said that after mid-term the first thing the student enters school; they must have cleared their fees.
“After mid-term unless you are clearing for fees, we are not going to clear you for anything else. I can tell you that this year is very difficult,” she said.
She added that suppliers who brought food in third term have not yet been paid.
“Kindly I know things are difficult but please let us pay so that after midterm you are not going back with your child because if we do not collect fees we are going to bolt,” she said.
She said that capitation money is not doing well because the government is also going through a hard time.
“It is the responsibility of parents to pay fees in a boarding school. day schools are free but boardings have overheads that must be paid by parents,” she said.
The school Board of Management said that it is their prayer for the government to release capitation money in full as the school will not be able to continue with their operations and will not be able to sustain the students any longer.
“We are not able to feed the students as the school does not have funds to sustain them. Suppliers have not been paid, and they are unable to supply food anymore without their debts being paid. We are calling upon the government to release capitation money so as to keep us going,” BoM said.
The board added that lack of admission of Form I to the school has affected the school financial status.
The school however has urged the parents to honour their part of paying school fees so that the girls can stay in school after mid-term.
By Felix Wanderi
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