Education key to quality human capital

PROVIDING quality education is the key to developing human resources in rural areas, Ramoaina Marine Technical High School principal Tonga Orim says.
“The goal is to have ample supply of quality and human capital to help raise the country’s productivity and economic growth,” he said.
“To achieve that, school infrastructure must be in place always for students so that the environment is conducive to learning.”
Speaking at the opening of a three-in-one classroom in Duke of York Island’s Rakanda ward in East New Britain last week, Orim said the provincial government must, therefore, give attention to funding school infrastructure development in both rural and urban schools.
“The distribution of funding must be fair and balanced,” he said.
Orim said there were plans to upgrade a high school to a secondary school next year.
Kokopo MP Emil Tamur said the infrastructural development of the school was the result of negotiations from former leaders.
“Funding is the biggest challenge that causes delays for projects to complete,” he said.
“Funding from the Government is a long process.
“For Ramoaina to be a secondary school, we must first meet the requirements set by the Education Department.”