From under-funding to delayed capitation as well as budget cuts, stakeholders are now questioning whether the system has been deliberately set up to fail.
The sector is also faced with erratic changes in curriculum and rushed policy implementations, which experts say have brought confusion rather than solutions.
Capitation—the government’s per-student funding for public schools—has long been the backbone of the Free Primary Education and subsidised Secondary Education programmes.
Yet, according to KESSHA, schools are struggling to stay afloat four weeks into the second term, with no disbursement of funds in sight.
