Meru Deputy Governor Titus Ntuchiu has this morning presided over the Family Group Foundation 2021 High School Scholarship Beneficiaries Send-off Ceremony at the County Government Headquarters. The event was attended by Family Group Foundation Director Mr. Muema Muindi, Group Head of Branches Ms. Phyllis Kimani, County Director of Education Ms. Elizabeth Otieno and the County Minister for Youth Affairs, Sports and Culture.

The Deputy Governor noted that although ECDE is the only devolved area of the Education sector, Governor Kiraitu Murungi believes his government should ensure the general growth and development of the entire education system by progressively moving education from quantity to quality and from quality to excellence.

He announced that under Governor Kiraitu’s leadership, between the year 2017 to 2020 the administration has constructed a total of 273 classrooms, toilets, desks and provided water tanks for ECDE learners at a cost of Sh218,689,540. Further, Sh389,475,000 worth of bursaries have been disbursed to needy students, with 91 secondary school students specifically given full scholarship at an additional cost of Sh42,686,079 over the same period.

Workshops, hostels, ablution blocks and toilets have been constructed at a cost of Ksh 66,529,520 in vocational training centers. Through the partnership with the national government Governor Kiraitu has released conditional grant to 8508 learners in VTCs worth Sh165,085 934 in the last three years.

The DG expressed sincere gratitude to Family Group Foundation for joining Governor Kiraitu’s efforts in supporting and improving education in Meru by sponsoring the bright, needy and deserving students. He called on other corporates doing business in Meru County to follow this good example as a way of giving back to our people.
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