Abbott praises Caritas

 By HELEN REI
STUDENTS attending Caritas Technical Secondary School will soon enjoy the benefits of boarding life – courtesy of the Australian Aid Incentive Fund.
A new 100 bed dormitory was part of the K4.9 million building project opened by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott last Friday.
The all-girls church-run school has always been a day school since its establishment in 1995. There are currently 1,004 students.
Abbott commended the Caritas Sisters for valuing the importance of educating women in PNG.
“Education of young women is the most important thing, our work is contributing to your work to make it fruitful,” Abbott said.
Minister for Finance James Marape, who accompanied Abbott to Caritas, said churches delivered services to places where the Government could not.
He said the churches were the backbone of high quality education services and acknowledged Caritas for its work.
School director Sister Florentina Cho said Caritas was privileged to offer academic and technical skills training.
She said boarders would be selected based on their behaviour.
“As an-all-girls school, students will be taking care of the facilities themselves including cooking their own meals,” she said.
“We are grateful to the Australian government for having the confidence in us.
“Our good record with Incentive Fund had won us this project.”
Sister Florentina said that two of the incentives for the school are the scholarships offered for the students by the Korean Government and National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop.