STAKEHOLDERS PURSUE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR NAVUSO SCHOOL

07/05/2014

The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently held talks with various stakeholders on ways to develop the Navuso Agriculture Vocational School.

The Ministry’s senior officials met with senior officials from the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, the Ministry of Education, the High Education Commission, the Commissioner Central Division, and the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry’s chief economist Ilimeleki Kaiyanuyanu said that the meeting was a result of a commitment made by the government through the office of the Prime Minister to assist Navuso Agriculture Vocational School last year (2013) and this year.

“We are in the process of preparing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be signed between the government and the Methodist Church of Fiji & Rotuma to provide grant to the school and also to look at the curriculum of the school.

He added that it was an opportunity to verify issues regarding the school and to develop a Memorandum of Understanding before grants are issued from Government for the school.

Reverend Malakai Tuikadavu of Navuso Methodist Agriculture farm said he appreciated the outcome of the meeting and also thanked the government for its decision to assist the Navuso Agriculture Vocational School.

The meeting took place at the Ministry of Agriculture’s Conference Room

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