Education Minister Dr. Mahendra Reddy says our schools are dispersed widely and they face certain challenges and problems.
While handing over of the teachers quarters and fencing project at Rakiraki District School, Reddy says they are now looking at the needs of individual schools.
Reddy says from 2015 till date, they have assisted 46 schools with a boat and engine so that children from one island can attend school in the other island or children from one side of the river bank can attend school on the other side of the river bank.
He says they have assisted schools which were neglected for so long because they were out of sight.
Reddy says the remote and the interior often get ignored from basic assistance.
He says they now want to ensure that children from urban and rural areas get access to the same quality of education, no matter where they are located.
Meanwhile, Rakiraki District School’s Head Boy, Isimeli Vaciloa says the school fence has enabled them to have access to their school garden at any time because they are safe.
He says they used experience break-ins in the past and school properties were stolen.
