What it means to implement free secondary education in Kenya

Mary Wangui of Mercy Njeri Secondary School, Nakuru tackles a sum during the Brookside National Maths Contest at Moi High School Kabarak in Nakuru on May 27, 2017. More than 2, 000 secondary school students from across the country sat for the challenge. Photo/Suleiman Mbatiah/Standard

Implementing free secondary school education, a key campaign pledge by both the Government and the Opposition, will cost about Sh60 billion.

An audit on secondary school education in 2014 pegged the maximum cost of free day school education at Sh51.1 billion. However, enrolment then was 2.1 million.