Boycotting students from the National Polytechnical Institute in Lae will resume classes on Monday.
They agreed to terms with Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Malakai Tabar and Minister for Education Nick Kuman, who met with them yesterday. Tabar and Kuman were in Lae along with senior officials from the two departments and office of technical and vocational education training. They met with the administration under director Graham Bidang and student leaders, including president Gary Gumembi. They agreed to sign an agreement by Monday, see all students resuming classes and that no student would be disciplined because of their participation in the four-week boycott of classes to protest deteriorating facilities. Tabar and Kuman announced that the K3 million promised last week would be administered jointly by the institute’s administration and the Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology to refurbish deteriorating infrastructure. Kuman said additional funding would be sourced over the years to continue improving the institute. Tabar, who met with the University of Technology (Unitech) administration a couple of hours earlier, announced that they had agreed in principle with Unitech to share their internet services and technology. A private contractor will be engaged through the Central Supplies and Tenders Board to provide catering services at the mess. Tabar said lecturers would have to come up with some remedial approach like having weekend classes. “Please, I ask for the cooperation from students and tolerance from the lecturers for weekend classes, there will be a lot of work from both the students and lecturers,” Tabar said.
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