Magoha now relaxes Nemis requirement rule to schools

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha speaks during the opening of a Text book Center at Sarit Centre in Nairobi on November 19, 2019. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • The government has been disbursing funds to schools for only learners whose details are captured in Nemis.
  • Secondary school students are also unable to access the National Health Insurance Fund Elimu cover if their details are not captured in Nemis.

All the 10 million learners in the country will receive government capitation this year regardless of whether their details are captured in the National Education Management Information System (Nemis).

HINDRANCE

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Thursday said school heads are now required to do a manual count of their students and present the data to the Ministry of Education to facilitate the disbursement of funds to the institutions.

“The issue of some learners’ details missing in the Nemis because they lack a birth certificate should not be a hindrance to the learners right to education,” said Prof Magoha.

The CS said the government will release funds to schools to allow the smooth running of the institutions in the first term. He also said all Standard Eight and Form Four candidates will be registered for their national exams this year regardless of whether they have birth certificates or not.

HITCHES

The government has been disbursing funds to schools for only learners whose details are captured in Nemis.

Secondary school students are also unable to access the National Health Insurance Fund Elimu cover if their details are not captured in Nemis.

“The few technical hitches that schools have faced when capturing learners’ details using Nemis are being solved by the ministry,” he said.

The CS was speaking during the launch of the Elimu Scholarship Programme. The scholarship programme has benefited 9,000 needy students from 110 targeted sub-counties and 15 urban centres with informal settlements.

SUPPORT

It is funded though the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project by the Ministry of Education, with support from the World Bank. It is being implemented through the Equity Group Foundation.

The Sh3 billion programme, which is now in its second year, is meant to ensure all the needy 2019 KCPE candidates are supported to gain admission to schools of their choice.