Law on fee free Education
ISLAND Business The Papua New Guinea government will legislate to ensure free education is compulsory, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says. He said this would ensure “no child is left out of school”. O’Neill told graduating students from Divine Word University yesterday that people were the most important resource. The prime minister said his government supported their education. Addressing the 31st graduation at the Madang campus, O’Neill said the government and public servants alone could not develop the country’s economy and needed all citizens to contribute. He appealed to the new graduates to make their contributions for their country wherever they would be engaged. The prime minister was accompanied by Madang Governor Jim Kas, West New Britain Governor Sasindran Muthuvel, chief of staff Isaac Lupari and businessman Sir Peter Barter. O’Neill said the government was putting in place policies such as “free education” and “breaking down obstacles” such as lowering the interest rate at