Take your child to a school you can afford, parents told

He said as a result, the parents would have saved themselves the huge losses they suffer in trying to keep up with the pressure on the so-called 'dream schools'.

Mr Owino said in the said dream schools, many learners end up missing classes when they are often sent home for school fees.

According to him, such inconvenience ends up affecting even the brighter students as they cannot get ample time to be in class as opposed to locally available schools.

"There are parents with bright children who are financially challenged, yet they take children to schools with huge fees. Such students end up wasting a lot of time when they are sent back home persistently for school fees," Owino said.

He said the remedy is to take the students to local schools with affordable fees so that they get time to concentrate on their studies.

He said his office will provide full scholarships to bright and needy students who join secondary schools in Ndhiwa Constituency.

"Many people of Ndhiwa have difficulties paying school fees for their children, and as a leader, I have to put strategies in place to enable our children to go to school. My office will provide full scholarships to bright and needy students who join secondary schools in Ndhiwa Constituency," Owino said.

The MP challenged the parents and students not to underrate secondary schools in their localities.

"Let parents and students understand that the school near their home can also propel them to universities like any other school elsewhere," Owino said.