The government will start paying capitation grants directly to secondary school accounts instead of the previous system where it was paid into council accounts.
This was revealed by the Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, in a public rally presided over by Chama Cha Mapinduzi Secretary General, Mr Abdulrahman Kinana, who is in Bagamoyo District inspecting implementation of the party's development programme.
Dr Kawambwa said that starting next month; the Ministry of Finance will deposit capitation grants into school accounts. "I am keen on curbing cheating in the education sector, especially with money...we have started a new system of paying capitation grants directly into school accounts, starting next month," he explained.
Dr Kawambwa said that the money will now be handled by the schools themselves, removing the bureaucracy which wasted a lot of schools' time, when accessing the money from the councils," he added.
He said that in the Education Development Plan, the government plans to award 25,000/- to each secondary school student and 10 US dollars to each primary school pupil.
He added that the previous system of depositing the money into councils accounts' accounts brought up a lot of complaints, of money arriving late and some schools receiving less amount.
Speaking on the implementation of CCM manifesto, Dr Kawambwa said work on distribution of water in Bagamoyo is slow due to laxity of contractors and consultants.
"The government has been allocating a lot of money for water projects, but a lot of these projects in Bagamoyo have not been successful due to negligence of contractors and consultants," he explained, adding that due to the negligence, water projects that have been completed have no running water.
On a positive note, the minister said his constituency has been successful in ensuring there are secondary and primary schools in all the 22 wards.
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