9000 Students To Have Their Form One Fees Fully Paid By Government

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) 2019 candidates who would like to benefit from the government’s Elimu Scholarship Programme have until 16^th December to make their applications.

The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Prof. George Magoha announced that the government would sponsor 9,000 needy forms one student in the program that has been funded by the Ministry of Education.

The scholarships, funded by the ministry of education with support from the World Bank, and which is set to be implemented through the Equity Group Foundation will be awarded to 18.000 secondary school needy students.

“The Ministry of education has set aside three billion shillings, which we intend to use to sponsor up to 80,000 needy secondary school students, 9,000 being form ones. We urge parents with needy children to make do their part as applications were already made open,” said Magoha.

Magoha said that no needy child should miss school because of a lack of school fees as it has been repeatedly witnessed before in the country, and that was the reason that the amount was set aside.

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Equity Group Foundation Executive chairman Mr. James Mwangi, who will oversee the implementation of this scholarship program said that while 9,000 forms one student set to benefit from the program will be selected, 1,125 more will be chosen under the Wings to fly equity program, making the total number of beneficiaries for the year 2020, 10,125.

“We will ensure that the process of selection is done as it should. We will make sure that beneficiaries of this program are selected based on merit,” said Mr. Mwangi.

Mr. Mwangi said he was happy that the Elimu Scholarship Programme will help ensure more children get access to secondary schools and even university in the future, making reference with Equity Group’s Wings to Fly Programme which has achieved the same.

Elimu Scholarship Programme is open to only students who sat for KCPE in 2019, and who are vulnerable and from poor families who attained 280 marks or above.

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Children with disabilities and special needs who attained below 280 marks will as well be considered in the program.

The program funded through the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP), will see students from 110 sub-counties and 15 urban areas with informal settlements, benefit from it.

The list of those sub-counties and 15 informal settlement areas can be viewed on the Ministry of Education and Equity Group Foundation websites. www.education.go.ke and https://egfdmis.equitybank.co.ke/register_elimu