MOST primary and high schools in the country lack adequate infrastructure to cater for the increased Grade 9 enrollments because of the Government’s free education policy.
Chairman of Gavien Primary School in Angoram, East Sepik, Emil Gambro said the Government’s decision to allow all students educated up to Grade 12 was good but schools would run out of classrooms and houses for teachers’ accommodation. “The reason why we will face this problem is because parents are refusing to pay up the project fees as per the government’s directive. We build classrooms and teachers houses from this money. “The ancillary staff members are being paid a salary from the project fees we collect. Really we are now facing an uphill battle because schools are not collecting the project fees to build classrooms, dormitories or teachers’ houses. “I feel that the Government must allow schools to collect project fees because the subsidies they provide are not for school projects,” Gambro said. He said the decision to phase out the school project fees would relieve the burden on parents but cause many problems for schools to manage. Gambro said Gavien Primary which had been selected to enroll Grade 9 classes next year did not have enough classrooms and teachers houses and he believed other schools were facing the same problem. “My school is the biggest primary school in Angoram district with a total enrollment of 720 students. We have 18 classrooms and 14 staff houses,” Gambro said. “We need eight more classrooms and 14 staff houses to be in place before the start of 2016 academic year but have no started work on one yet because there are no funds for these projects.”
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