Kwikila school next on BSP’s list in solar-light project

CENTRAL’S Kwikila Secondary School will be the next recipient of Bank South Pacific’s solar lights in a programme aimed at high schools.
A ground-breaking ceremony was done by bank staff and Rigo MP and Vice-Minister for Transport Captain Lekwa Gure on Thursday.
The event was witnessed by the community, staff and students at Kwikila Secondary School.
The ceremony marks the start of BSP’s community project to install solar lights in students’ dormitories and classrooms.
It’s a project that will be undertaken by BSP staff with the help of a contractor.
Gure thanked the bank for the initiative which would tie in with the school’s water project currently in progress.
“The solar lights project will complement a water project that is funded by the district,” he said.
“We are pleased to have the bank here to uplift the standard of education in the rural communities.” BSP’s chief financial officer-PNG Ronesh Dayal said: “The BSP community projects are undertaken by each branch in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, as a way for our staff to contribute meaningfully back to the community.
“The community project initiative is focused on education, health, sports, environment and other community initiatives.
“This year’s theme is ‘solar lights in high schools’.
“Kwikila Secondary School will become the first school in the Rigo district to switch entirely to solar power system, and
BSP is pleased to deliver this project.
“We believe that providing solar lights to schools in local and rural communities will help improve literacy rates, as well as an increased number of student intakes into tertiary education.”
In the past eight years, the bank has completed 336 community projects across the country, investing K7.8 million in them.