RECIPIENTS of the scholarship program from the Samarai-Murua District in Milne Bay Province have settled in well at the Adamson University in Manila, Philippines.
All eight students have enrolled in their respective courses to secure their future dreams and goals.
This was a milestone program and arrangement by the district and the Adamson University through the PNG Affiliation International Agency Country Program (PNGAIACP).
In a three-hour meeting with the Adamson University administration team, PNGAIACP Country Coordinator Reno Kola, who travelled with the students to Manila, said the administration accepted the students in one accord with their respective career choices on campus.
The Adamson Administration has now given an open invitation to the PNGAIACP Country rep Mr Kola to arrange for the second batch of students from the Samarai-Murua district in the following months.
The Adamson administration also acknowledged the Local Member for Samarai Murua District Hon. Isi Henry Leanard and his District Development Authority (DDA) for funding the milestone initiative in human resources investment for his district.
Hon. Leonard says that education is a top priority in his district, and as long as he is the member, he will continue to fund school fees for the children of Samarai-Murua District.
For this program, he said it was a pilot project to send our students abroad for tertiary university studies in the Philippines, and we are excited for the progress so far.
The students on this scholarship program are as follows, Jonah Roger, Shallom Steven, and Bernadette Francis are taking secondary education studies, majoring in English. Emmanuel Samson taking electrical engineering, Inos Gordon taking mechanical engineering, Hau’ofa Steven taking up civil engineering, Gabriel Pakwe is taking marketing management and Joseph Thomas in architecture studies
