OUTGOING Education Minister Joseph Yopyyopy says some schools in the country did not receive full government funding last year and struggled throughout. However, Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra assured schools that new Minister Jimmy Uguro was in dialogue with the prime minister to address the issue. Yopyyopy said the government launched the tuition fee subsidy (TFS) policy last year and was to pay 63 per cent of the school fees and parents 37 per cent. He said schools received the first term allocation but did not receive the rest.
“Last year, all schools did not receive the full amount of money, and they struggled right through until the end,” Yopyyopy said. “From second term to the end of the term, schools struggled and they did not get any funding support allocated by the Government. “The money disappeared somewhere, I don’t know. “When we talk quality education for all, we mean quality education for all. “If there is a budget allocated for the department to achieve quality education for all, we must see that through. “One of my disappointments in 2020 is that K486 million was allocated for the 13,000 schools we have in the country and that is when we introduced the policy (TFS). “When we launched the policy, the policy was for the Government to pay 63 per cent of the total government tuition fee free subsidy, so my call is, if the Government is serous to improve the quality of education to take back PNG, then put the money where your mouth is and when you put money in, don’t take it back out. “It was a shame to see that there was a further budget cut in this year’s budget.” Yopyyopy said the cut meant parents would have to pay more. He said he wanted the Government to take that seriously. The National/PNGEduationNews Next : PNG University Of National Resources And Environment To Increase Fees By 6% In 2021 Comments are closed.
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