Education
Education is a critical component of social development, and in the resettlement villages, PNPC has implemented an Education Program including, but not limited to, the following activities:
- Constructed and equipped a new secondary school for the resettlement villages
- Upgraded the construction of the existing primary school
- Provided free nutritional school-lunches and milk for the kindergarten schools
- Provisions of books and teaching materials
- Established a library and promoted reading
- Conducted capacity building for teachers in lesson planning and preparation of training materials
- Granted short-term and long-term scholarships for higher vocational education
- Promoted healthy vegetable production in school demonstration gardens
- Provisions of sporting equipment and promotion of sports events
PNPC has been working closely in hand with the District Education Office to ensure that all schools have sufficient teaching equipment, teachers are adequately trained, and financially supported. PNPC strived to help teachers and parents maximize the potential of their schools.
In full compliance with the Concession Agreement obligations, the Education Program was successfully handed over to the GOL though the PNPC still continues to support maintenance of the new secondary school.
