The Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts Filipe Bole was part of the Open Day at Derrick Campus this week.
The Minister was impressed with the promotional and awareness items on display by the students and staff of the Fiji National University. Secondary schools flocked the campus to get a glimpse of courses offered at the Derrick Campus.
While touring the open day, the Minister highlighted his optimism in seeing progress in the commercial agriculture studies.
“It is pleasing to note that students are thriving in this programme offered by the government. The enthusiasm shown by the students is impressive and the display today is a testimony to this commitment,” commented the Minister for Education.
The agriculture students also had the opportunity to show the Minister some of the proposed plan of farms that they can develop.
“Studying agriculture is worthwhile as we are able to apply what we learn and it also helps us create model farms which we intend to pursue in the future. We are thankful to the government for this assistance and we hope to secure a land to practically apply all that we are learning here,” commented Jone Coqe, a recipient of the commercial agriculture programme.
The Minister for Education while visiting the booths encouraged the students to strive to do their best and wished them well in their studies.
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