A SCHOOL in Morobe did not receive its share of the Tuition Free Fee (TFF) funding last year and its deputy head master is unsure whether it will receive the funding this year.
The Omili Primary School, one of the biggest schools in Morobe in terms of numbers, claimed it did not receive funding from the government’s much-talked-about TFF funding. The TFF policy is a key component of the People’s National Congress party-led government for the last five years. More than K600 million was allocated for the programme in this year’s budget which was passed in November. Mark Nanu, the school’s deputy headmaster, said he hoped the national and provincial governments and the Department of Education gave school’s the funds in full this year. “We are the biggest school in Lae and Morobe with 2,365 students and 50 teachers,” Nanu said. “We were expecting K680,000 last year, but got nothing for the entire year. “They (provincial education board and Education Department) said they did not receive our census,” Nanu said. “Who is not telling the truth?” “Our monthly reports go to them and they have our census reports.” “We run the school with the parents’ component – we call it the parental support component. “This fee is approved by the PEB. “Last year, we charged students K150 but some parents did not pay up. “To successfully run the school in an academic year, we need about K2 million.” Nanu, who is also the Morobe Teachers Union president, said: “If schools in Morobe do not get their TFF funds for year, they cannot start. “If there is no money, my teachers will not resume,” Nanu said. Morobe programme adviser for education Keith Jiram and TFF coordinator Joseph Tonopo could not be reached for comment. The National
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