THE restructuring of the Papua New Guinea education system started five years ago and there should not be any complaints about space or bigger infrastructures, Nick Kuman says. The Education minister was responding to Markham MP Koni Iguan’s query about plans for more space to address likely overcrowding when elementary schools are largely done away with under the new structure. Kuman said he was pretty sure that past MPs in the electorates had undertaken some of the reforms. “By the time we reach the medium-term development plan for the country by 2030, these reforms should be completed,” Kuman said.
“Why did the Government put 20 per cent of DSIP and PSIP (district and provincial improvement programme) funds to this programme as a policy of the Government when restructuring started in 2012? “The direct intervention of the Government for those funds were to go straight to developing infrastructures and not buying books.” Kuman said it was to develop the capacity of every school system “we have in the district and provinces, and was the reason why the monies were given”. Kuman said MPs should have built classrooms and teachers’ houses as it was not the responsibility of the national government. “For local MPs, K2 million were given every year totalling K10 million in five years. For PSIP, from 2012 to 2014, K5 million were given continuously,” he said. “So if you used those money wisely, you would have built those capacities and it will continue to grow.” He said in the restructuring of the education system, they allowed for one elementary school per ward, one primary school for at least three wards, one high school for per LLG and one secondary school for an electorate.
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