Schools receive Parkop funding

 GOVENOR Powes Parkop has eased the fees burden for more than 2000 technical and vocational students in the National Capital District this year with a presentation of more than K2 million.

The schools that received the money this week were:

• Don Bosco Technical School, 241 students – K361,500;
• Limana Vocational Centre, 48 students – K28,800;
• Works Institute of Technology, 8 students – K27,000;
• Morata Lions Vocational Centre, 295 students – K287,625;
• Port Moresby Technical College, 23 students – K37,215;
• Koki Vocational Centre,291 students – K120,450;
• MainoHeduru Vocational Centre, 95 students – K79,879;
• Don Bosco Technical Institute, 78 students – K117,000;
• Badili Vocational Centre, 143 students – K54,637;
• Caritas Technical School, 160 students – K240,000;
• Hohola Youth Development Centre, 217 students – K200,775;
• Port Moresby Business College, 103 students – K154,500;
• International Training Institute, 175 students – K263,640; and
• Southpac Industrial Training Centre, 173 students – K259,500.

This was NCDC’s initiative under its TVET Scholarship Scheme that sponsors 2050 students with K2.23 million.

“The purpose of this scheme is to ensure that no one will be left idle and no one will be left behind,”Parkop said.

He said he liked to see more skilled and technical people in NCD than other provinces as the capital lacked resources.

“There is no such thing called ‘failure’ in the education system.

“Everyone has a right to education. Therefore, our government has come on board to provide scholarships to underprivileged students who can’t further their education because of financial difficulties or pushed out of the system due to poor academic results.”

Parkop said that developments in infrastructures and sporting facilities for the 2015 Pacific Games could not benefit  everyone socially after the games because many do not have the money or resource to enjoy them.

“To impact people’s livelihoods, we must equate economic, infrastructure and physical development with social development in the city.”