AusAID, govt build school infrastructure

THE Department of Education aims to distribute three indicators of access, retention and quality to the government, parents and schools respectively, a senior education official in Eastern Highlands says.
Opening new double classroom, a teachers’ house and ablution block at Golunoka Primary School, outside Goroka town, provincial education planner Benny Asamole said the government must provide basic school infrastructure to allow access, parents must ensure students went from elementary to tertiary institutions and teachers and school administrations should ensure quality education was delivered to the students.
Asamole said the Australian government, through AusAID and the support of the Papua New Guinea government, was helping Eastern Highlands build infrastructure to create access by creating space and capacity for more children to enrol.
“Parents must make sure students go to school to complete all the grades, that is the responsibility of the parents as another key stakeholder and the quality of education is the responsibility of teachers and school administrations,” he said.
“These three groups have important responsibilities to play in the education of individual students.”
He said of the 247 primary schools in Eastern Highlands, AusAID had asked him to choose 10 schools.
The schools that received a double classroom, a teachers house and abolition block are Tarabo Lutheran  Primary School (Okapa), Homu Knopper Memorial SDA Primary School (Henganofi), Gouno and Bowaro Primary School (Lufa), Gulunoka Primary School (Goroka), Unggai Primary School (Unggai-Bena), Koningi Primary School (Daulo), Sosointenu and Anava Primary School and Gobara Primary School (Obura-Wonenara).
“They are happy recipients of the project, I thank AusAID and planning division of the national education department for giving me the opportunity to choose the schools,” Asamole said.
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