By VERONICA MANUK
ENGA Governor Peter Ipatas visited East New
Britain last Tuesday to turn over school fee subsidies to Enga students
attending tertiary institutions in the province.
The governor, who made a low key visit to the province, was welcomed at
Tokua airport by beneficiary students.
Mr Ipatas is the leader of People’s Party doing his political visit to
New Guinea Islands.
In the course of his tour, he delivered the school subsidies to the
students.
His first stopover was in ENB where he visited the Kabaleo Teachers’
College to hand over the school fees subsidies.
According to his office, Mr Ipatas was supposed to visit the teachers’
college, Gaulim, Vudal University, Sonoma Adventist University College
and Kokopo Business College to turn over the school subsidies to school
authorities.
KTC had confirmed to have received K54,560 for 32 of its students.
An officer of the school said Enga and Bougainville were the only two
provinces that provided support to the students as a means of helping
their parents.
The officer said since he started teaching in Kabaleo in 2002, he
noticed Enga students receiving school subsidy from their provincial
government to help them fully pay their fees.
The officer described the assistance as “not a political gimmick” but an
initiative of the provincial government to help boost the education
standard in the province.
Mr Ipatas left for Bougainville yesterday to give support to his
candidates in the province.
