Development ‘starts at home’

MAINO Heduru Vocational Centre students in Port Moresby have been urged to look after their homes and school as a first step of development.
Deputy school manager Gegemedi Daemuna urged the students to care for their surroundings during his address on World Environment Day on Wednesday.
“Development starts at looking after the things around you at home, in your workshops and in school before you can do big things like mining and building and construction,” he said.
Daemuna said taking stock of the surroundings and using the natural environment with care was the first step in sustainable development.
The school celebrated the event under the theme “Beat maino heduru pollution” and planted trees and cleaned around the campus.
Daemuna said the school cleaning and tree planting would drive the point that caring for the environment started at home or at school and looking after plants and structures were part of conservation.
Maino Heduru Vocational centre is a Technical Vocational Education and Training (Tvet) centre.
It was given Tvet status in 2002 by the Department of Education after thirty years of existence as a youth centre.
Manio Heduru offers advanced national certificate 1 and 2 courses in carpentry, furniture making, tourism, commercial cookery, office administration, metal fabrication and welding, auto motive light vehicle, auto electrical and auto body repair and panel beating.
The schools offers other short courses to meet the needs of the community.
Maino Heduru Vocational Centre was started by the Brigidine Sisters of the Catholic church and is now under the PNG Catholic education agency.