Schools to be opened on 23rd January 2023 By. Hashim Jimale Education Cabinet Secretary has today made clarification on fees increment for secondary schools as from next year. It is true that next year parents will have to dig deep into into their pockets after following the announcement on the new fee structure in 2023 academic year. In the new fee structure, parents in national schools will have to pay Sh53,554 as was before the reduction. Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has made it clear that increment comes after the government has decided to scrap the subsidy on secondary school fees. CS Machogu made this clarification while speaking at Wajir High school on Wednesdays. He said that the new fee structure was occasioned by a return to normalcy in the school calendar after the school terms were shortened from 14 weeks to 10 weeks to recover the time lost when schools were closed indefinitely for about six months due to covid-19 pandemic. Next year the school academic calendar...