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 now have to part with 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 to the 2023 fee structure.
The fee structure, therefore, remains the same since the year 2016.
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 be done in the ratio of 50:30:20.
Boarding Schools Fees
The government provides a capitation for each learner in a boarding school that is equal to the 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 locations.
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 to learners with impairment e.g visual, physical, hearing, and mental.
GOK has enhanced capitation to KES. 53,807.00 distributed in the fee 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.