THE WESTERN Province is striving to encourage all children in the province to access basic education as part of the effort to achieve the Millennium goal.
“Not only are we meeting Western Provincial Government’s policy objectives but we are also striving to achieve the measures as articulated in the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) which is to encourage all children to access basic education as part of the effort to achieve the millennium goal,” said Deputy Premier Wayne Maepio, during the official handover of Iriqila CHS’s double-storey building last Thursday.
Mr Maepio said Western Province’s education policy is ‘to support education infrastructure development, improvement and rehabilitation programme in schools to make education readily available and accessible to school age pupils’.
He emphasised that stakeholders should and must take driving forces in materialising important projects such as creating proper infrastructure for pupils to learn.
“I believe we have demonstrated that and that is why we are all present here today to witness this very important occasion.
“There is a song by the popular South African reggae artist, the late Lucky Dube titled ‘I m a prisoner’. In a line in one of the verses, he sang about ‘education being the key to equal opportunity and livelihood’.
“What he meant was without education, life is like a prison whether literally or otherwise,” the Deputy Premier told the hundreds who attended the handover ceremony at Iriqila CHS, Thursday last week.
Mr Maepio has also taken the time to acknowledge the Ministry of Provincial Government, and other key stakeholders that have contributed in making the completion of the building possible.
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