MORE than 2,900 Papua New Guinea females have successfully furthered their education through the Business and Professional Women (BPW) scholarship at a cost of K3 million since 2009, says its president. BPW president Jacinta Wagambie said the aim of the scholarship was to empower and educate women and young girls in different professions so that they could have a better life and future. “When you educate a girl, you educate a nation so that is the reason we believe in giving these scholarships to females,” she said. Wagambie said this on Saturday when the Business and Professional Women’s Club in Port Moresby celebrated its 41st anniversary with an Independence Ball at Stanley’s Hotel with the aim to raise K1 million to assist the scholarship programme.
She said the Decie Autin scholarship aimed to increase the number of women and girls engaged in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) fields. “There are 23 girls who have been awarded and fully funded by the scholarships who have successfully graduated and are working since 2014 with the funding of K251,000,” she said. Wagambie said the PNG LNG scholarship aimed to support children from PNG LNG project impacted areas to further their education. “So far, 190 men and women from the project impacted areas were recipients of this scholarship who successfully graduated from the funding of K2 million,” she said. “And 40 women obtained the Start Your Business for Micro Enterprise’s Certificate recognised by the International Labour organisation from the Entrepreneur Skills Training.” Betty Katuma, a recipient of the BPW scholarship said she had successfully completed her bachelors in management at Divine Word University and graduated this March. “I am now a degree holder because of the BPW scholarship, I was given the opportunity to be fully funded from the scholarship to study from 2021-2022,” she said. Statement/TheNational/PNGEducationNews Also read Comments are closed.
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