County Government of Kisumu embarks on distributing learning materials worth 25M to ECDEs
By Dickson Odhiambo.
January 28, 2020.
County Government of Kisumu embarks
on distributing learning materials worth 25M to ECDEs
THE
County Government of Kisumu has embarked on distributing learning materials worth
about shs 25million to all Early Childhoods Education Centers across the seven
Sub-Counties within the county.
Kisumu
Governor Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o says this year’s distribution of learning
materials which comprise of both text books and exercise books to all the
Public Early Childhood Development Centers{ECDC} constitute to shs 5 million
more unlike the last distribution that was shs 20 million.
Addressing
the press at Jomo Kenyatta Sports ground today when he presided over the
distribution of the learning materials to ECDCs in three Sub-Counties, Governor
Nyong’o said a total 130,820 exercise books and 24,459 text books will be
distributed to all the ECDCs in Kisumu County.
“In
this particular distribution, we are going to distribute a total of 130, 820
exercise books and 24,459 text books across the seven sub counties. All these
we have managed to undertake with Kshs. 25 million an increase of 5 million
from the last distribution,” Nyong’o said in a press statement.
Nyong’o
says as a county government, they have also embarked on various programs that
are geared towards making the lives of the children better.
“One
of the best ideas we have implemented was the issuance of new three year
contracts to over 700 ECDE teachers across the County and also doubling their
salaries from Kshs. 10,000 to 23, 000 under a new scheme of service,” Nyong’o
adds.
He
says this was coupled with the distribution of 20 million shillings worth of
text books and exercise books to all the 668 ECDE Centres across the County.
“We
also provided meals to our ECDE schools costing about 14 million shillings not
forgetting the infrastructural development of ECDE Centres across the Sub
Counties that are at different stages,” Nyong’o further say.
The
Governor on the other hand has said the County Government’s Scholarship program
for education continues to grow.
“In
this FY 2019/2020, we went ahead to double the budgetary allocations across the
county amounting to Kshs. 350,000 per ward
totaling to about 12.2 million. This will help support 350 needy across the
County,”
He adds that the County Government has also doubled Bursary
allocation from shs. 2 million to shs 4 million per ward in the FY 2019/2020
totaling to shs. 140 Million.
ENDS
ENDS
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