AIRTIME MAY BE TAXED TO FUND FREE SECONDARY EDUCATION Via #DN Mobile phone users could be taxed to fund free secondary education if a recommendation to slap a new levy on airtime is adopted. A taskforce on secondary school fees, led by former assistant minister Kilemi Mwiria has recommended that education levies be charged on fast-moving consumer goods like airtime and fuel to raise the billions of shillings the government needs to fund free secondary education. The country aims to introduce free secondary education in 2017 to boost transition rates from public primary schools, which have not been charging fees since 2003 when the free primary education programme was introduced. “We recommend that levies on airtime, fares and fuel be introduced as part of raising funds for free secondary school education,” reads the report. It also recommends that the State consider education bonds and access to unclaimed assets as alternative sources of funding. The oil business generates revenues in excess of Sh400 billion while that of mobile phone operators is nearly Sh200 billion.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 10:26:23 +0000
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