The Kwikila High School is preparing to close at the end of this week due to funding shortfalls. Kwikila High School, which is a government-funded boarding school, is the largest school in Central Province with around 1400 students. It's the latest of a number of schools that are closing across PNG as the government's Tuition Fee Free or TFF policy appears to be floundering. A representative of the High School on the Kwikila District Administration, Koru Abe, said their school has to close because it hasn't received the funds required in order to operate.
Mr Abe told Radio New Zealand that beyond this week, the boarding school could not keep the students on, with their food supplies rationed for this week only. As well as food, the school's various learning materials and associated operating costs were also dependent on funding. He said the problem stemmed from last year when the school did not get the full amount of the funding promised to it. Education Minister Nick Kuman recently admitted there had been delays in government payments to some schools. NBC NEWS- Radio NZ
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