He said this will make the transition from primary to secondary school possible for all KCPE candidates. It will also remove many of the factors that make students drop out of high school, the Head of State added.
He said his administration had increased the free day secondary education expenditure by 33 per cent to Sh32 billion as it prepares to make universal secondary education free to ensure 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school.
“We are doing all this to improve the quality of education and ease the burden on parents by removing impediments of access to secondary education,” the President said.
President Kenyatta was speaking in Mombasa Wednesday when he addressed the 41st Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) annual national conference.
He traced the introduction of free day secondary education to 2008 when the Government started paying Sh10,265 for each student a year.
Uhuru said the scaling up of the figure to Sh12,870 last year had led to a phenomenal growth in enrollment in high schools.
“The free day secondary education programme has paid handsome dividends. Transition rates from primary to secondary schools have improved substantially from 60 per cent in 2008 to 86.7 per cent in 2015,” he said. The central place of education in national development is crucial and the Government will continue to invest heavily in education, he added.
