![]() THE Morobe government will be depositing 58 cheques worth K10 million to higher education institutions around the country today (Monday). This is part payment of school fees for students who have won the Gerson Solulu Scholarship for this year. Executive manager Robert Ayang in announcing the funding said the total amount for tuition fees for the 4,557 awardees was K34,522,997.99. “We have six categories of tertiary institutions that the winners of our scholarship are attending this year,” he said. Ayang confirmed that for this year, the Gerson Solulu scholarship programme would be sponsoring the recipients at 100 per cent. “The provincial government will be paying the full tuition fees for 1,675 students across nine universities, 708 students from 10 technical colleges, 780 students from 12 teachers colleges, 600 students from six seminaries, 84 students from 15 nursing colleges and 710 students taking up short courses at six different training institutions.” Ayang clarified that the deposits that would be made today would account for 28 per cent of the total fees. He explained that the remaining balance would be paid when the next lot of funding was made available by August.
“Upon the receipt of full acquittals from the 58 schools that had been paid, we will then pay the next lot when we have the remaining tuition fee balance.” students supplied to us by their respective institutions.” Governor Luther Wenge in receiving the cheques from the scholarship office said it was a worthwhile initiative that his government was committed to as it ensured Morobe developed its human resource. “At the outset, all students who have completed secondary education in Morobe and have the potential to be educated must be given the financial support to further studies,” Wenge said. Provincial administrator Max Bruten said the K10 million had been captured in the provincial budget for this year. The Gerson Solulu Scholarship was introduced in 2002 and was implemented at the beginning of 2004. The National / PNG Education news Also read Comments are closed.
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