Minister of
Foreign Affairs 6 August
2013 Media Statement
Samoa school fees scheme
launched
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully
today launched the Secondary School Fee Grant Scheme at
Alofi O Taoa School on Savai’i, Samoa.
“Removing the
burden of school fees from families will give more children
access to secondary education, with the chance to gain
qualifications and improve their employment
opportunities,” Mr McCully says.
The scheme will deliver
fee-free education to children in year nine to 11 in
government schools, reduced fees for children in mission
schools and provide grants to help improve teaching
materials.
“New Zealand has committed $5 million to the
programme with the aim of increasing secondary school
enrolments from about 70 per cent to 85 per cent of all
eligible students by 2016,” Mr McCully says.
The scheme
builds on the success of the Primary School Fee Grant
Scheme, funded by New Zealand and Australia in partnership
with Samoa, which helped 159 new students into primary
education in its first two years.
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