Southern Highlands Governor William Powi making the announcement last Friday.
By WALLACE KIALA
THE SOUTHERN Highlands Pro-vincial
Government has allocated K2 million to help meet tuition fee costs for
Southern Highlands students attending universities throughout the
country. Governor William Powi announced this at a media conference last
Friday in Port Moresby. Mr Powi said the provincial government
is paying 50 per cent of the tuition for each student from the province
who are attending the University of Papua New Guinea, University of
Technology, Pacific Adventist University, Goroka University, Divine Word
University and the University of Natural Resources and Environment
(Vudal and Popondetta campuses) this year.
“I want to announce to the people of
Southern Highlands that the provincial government will meet 50 per cent
of the cost of tuition fees to ease the burden on parents and to ensure
the education of future leaders of the province and the country is
guaranteed,” Mr Powi said. He said the initiative to subsidise tertiary
education fees for students from the province is being put to trial this
year and will roll out for students attending other tertiary training
institutions like the teachers colleges and technical colleges,
depending on the success of what is being undertaken this year.
In addition, he said that this is one of
the priorities for the province to ensure there are better qualified
and skilled professionals who can help develop the province as well as
the country as a whole. Governor Powi said the provincial government is
in the process of making payment and currently liaising with the
respective universities to consolidate the confirmed number of accepted
and continuing SHP students for the 2014 academic year in each of these
institutions.
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