ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Basic Education Act
50. Registration of private schools
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
50. Registration of private schools
(1)A person shall not establish or maintain a private school unless it is registered under this Act.(2)No private school shall be registered if—(a)the proprietor is disqualified from being a proprietor by reason of Article 10 or Chapter Six of the Constitution;(b)a teacher employed in the school is not registered by the Teachers Service Commission;(c)the school premises, or any part of those premises, are unsuitable for a school; or(d)the proprietor or manager has been convicted of any crime against children under the Sexual Offences Act (Cap. 63A) and Counter Trafficking in Persons Act (Cap. 61).(3)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the registration of any private school shall be provisional for a term of one year renewable for one further term of one year until the institution is quality assured and notice given in writing to the proprietor that the registration is final.(4)If any person—(a)conducts a private school which is not a registered school or a provisionally registered school, or(b)being the proprietor of a private school does any act calculated to lead to the belief that the school is a registered school while it is a provisionally registered school,he or she shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.