PNC to announce education programme soon, says O’Neill

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PEOPLE’S National Congress (PNC) leader Peter O’Neill says his party will soon announce a comprehensive intervention in education programmes at all levels.
O’Neill did not give much details about the programmes but was responding to PNC’s support towards the newly-declared MP for Menyamya Benjamin Philip.
Philip had said his main campaign platform during the by-election for the Menyamya Open seat was education.
He said he promised his people that he would pay for their children’s school fees during his short stint before the 2022 general elections.
O’Neill said: “Education is the foundation for any society’s advancement.
“For any Government to ignore that is simply denying future generation all opportunities to becoming a productive global citizen.
“PNC will soon announce a comprehensive intervention in education programmes at all levels.”
Deputy party leader and Yangoru-Saussia MP Richard Maru said PNC was committed to supporting Philip. In terms of service delivery, Maru stressed that Menyamya was quite remote with mountainous terrains and experienced a lot of rainfall all year round.
He said the K2 million DSIP (district service improvement programme funds) received by each MP annually was not sufficient for delivering infrastructures such as roads in a setting like Menyamya.
Brushing aside critics that PNC had not delivered for Menyamya under the previous Government, Maru said: “The road from Bulolo to Menyamya is about 150km, it rains almost every day and the area is mountainous.
“If you want to seal the road K5 million per kilometre, you’re talking K500 million to get the road fixed.
“It’s expensive to maintain that road.
“All MPs gets K2 million DSIP every year, not all of that goes to the road as we distribute to health, education, business, law and order, K2 million a year cannot maintain that road by a MP.
“What we need to do is the National Government should make a decision to upgrade and seal the road once and for all.
“Our (PNC) task now is to deliver.
“Our MP (Philip) has only a short time to deliver to the people of Menyamya.
“We will do everything to support Philip in delivering services.
“I’ve been to Menyamya, it is one of the most difficult areas to deliver services.”

7 comments

  • good on that, for 10 years he was their member and nothing happened, while PNC Also were in power, hope this one and a half year left before 2022 election service is delivered as mentioned

  • But how, when and who did the current road to Menyamya? I believe DSIP at that time was less than what received today and yet they build one and now we cannot afford to maintain.

  • Socialism Mentality is making people becoming too lazy and begging for free handouts.
    Nothing is free in this world. I believe in hard work, sweat, and perseverance.
    The free education policy has made both the parents and the students lazy.
    No Wonder, during the past 10 years or so the Educational level in the country from Primary right up to the tertiary Institutions has dropped drastically. For instance; most of the current grade 12s can’t even speak proper English per se or even write well constructed English. From my observation and even talking to high school students, most of them lack good reading and comprehension skills.
    The Government should not waste their time with promises that will make people even more lazier.
    Lazziness is a disease that is now creeping into our society and has affected alot of people.
    Politicians are always vying for the popularity vote (for instance; free education) and what can get them into power to satisfy their greed and personal ambitions.

  • You still working up from your bed and want to implement your failed TFF policy. You making PNG people go more lazier. Enough of free hand-out mentality just to get political score. Tired of PNC empty promise policy already

  • To be able to better understand and master anything one needs to understand the lingua fraca in which instructions in that discipline are disseminated or imparted. In our education system (and in almost 98% of the world’s nations) English is that language.
    Language should and must be given more prominence in the composition of subject matter for our primary education, i.e. right from the very bottom.
    I feel kind of ashamed to hear people speak bad English or read it in our newspapers and written material including on electronic platforms.
    My point is: Identify and get priorities in the education system right and formulate and implement policies in pursuit of those priority areas. Then we can move onto providing affordable education for all.

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