Unicef representative supports Govt’s commitment to Fode

INVESTING in flexible, open and distance education (Fode) will give youths and young people a second chance to be valuable members of society, an education advocate says.
United Nation Children’s Fund (Unicef) representative in Papua New Guinea, Claudes Kamenga, said supporting the country’s Fode programme was a great and worthwhile investment as it captured youths who had missed out on completing their education.
He said Fode could give opportunities to youths who could go on to become doctors, pilots and managers.
Kamenga said Unicef supported the Education Department in managing the Covid-19 education emergency response and recovery.
He said Unicef would support initiatives to provide basic health and child protection and wellbeing.
Kamenga said the organisation would assist in helping vulnerable children, people with special needs, the poor and marginalised groups and those in remote areas.
Fode principal Anthony Rayappan said the initiatives supported by Unicef would go a long way to helping students in the remote communities once they reached them.
Rayappan thanked the Government for recognising their work.
“We thank the Government for supporting us in helping students and give them hope that there was a second chance,” he said.
“Education does not end when the system fails you.”