The process of identifying bright but needy students who will benefit from county bursary kitty in Uasin Gishu has concluded.
Ward bursary committees set up across the county have been burning the midnight oil to finalize the list of the beneficiaries.
County Executive Committee Member for Education Anthony Sitienei now says the exercise is complete.
The CECM said cheques will be issued next week on Wednesday across the 30 wards.
Governor Jonathan Bii Chelilim will preside over the exercise.
How much will each ward get for bursaries?
Speaking when he hosted members of Baringo County Assembly’s Education Committee who were in the county for benchmarking, the Education CECM revealed that each ward will get Ksh 4 million.
“We are planning to increase the allocation in the next financial year,” Sitienei said. “We are going to do it differently this time round, by going to the Ward level to enhance transparency.”
The County Executive further revealed plans to increase the allocation of funds for various Vocational Training Centres (VTC) of excellence.
This will enhance the enrollment of students to join technical and vocational training.
“We are also in the process of rolling out digital learning to PP1 and PP2 pupils in ECDE, in partnership with ICT organisations to embrace technology in learning,” the CECM said.
Chief Officer for Education, Marion Birgen, took the county legislators on an overview of the department, the milk feeding program, budgetary and impacts.
The chairperson of the Education Committee, Baringo County Assembly, Michael Chebon on his part said “We have a lot to take back home, we have got more than what we were expecting.”
