Divine Word University Reaping off TESAS Student Benefits and Previliedges
By DWU HECAS Student
While all other students from other Universities in Papua New
Guinea are benefiting from the benefits and previlidges which they won to
secure their TESAS scholarships, Divine Word University in Madang has been for
so many years depriving Students under their TESAS from what is RIGHTFULLY
theirs(TESAS Resources Allowance).
The Department of Higher Education Research and
Technology(DHERST) has already paid in the first part of the K900 for each
TESAS student. Divine Word University Administration has been keeping it a
secret so that no student knows.
To make matters worse, a student asked about this allowance
during a student Forum. The Student Welfare President, Mr Ted Alau and Mr. Pais
Bokarum responded saying that the Student Resource Allowance goes to paying the
Internet Bills which each student uses.
However, the response didn’t make any sense since a bit of
mathematics would prove that was such response is lame and can only be given to
ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
Here is the Logic:
A Self Sponsor student pays K9000 annual.
A TESAS Student(eg. HECAS) Pays K4680 + TESAS Assisstance
K4320 = K9000.
What DWU admin is implying is that an HECAS student would pay
a total of K9900(K9000 annual fee + K900 TESAS Resource allowance) to use the
same internet that Self Sponsor students are using when they have only paid
K9000 only.
So it looks like those students who worked hard to be on
TESAS scholarships didn’t work hard for themselves but for the Self Sponsor
Students as well. SICK!!!!
Students raised
concerns to the SRC President about it but as the whole Country knows,
the DWU SRC President and SRC Reps cannot handle cannot handle issues outside
of the Campus or National issues. Which they(DWU SRC) are unpatriotic leaders
that were chosen in that cannot support and fight for what is right. Yet they
have supported the call from the Administration that money goes to the internet
without even reasoning out any logic in it as I have shown the Maths above.
Refer to the TESAS POLICYHANDBOOK 2016 to verify your doubts.
We call on the DHRST to investigate the Matter and DWU must give us what is
RIGHTFULLY OURS.