Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there are number of wonderful opportunities that are available for students today.
Speaking to the participants at the Catholic Head Teachers, Principals and Managers Conference, Sayed-Khaiyum said that if knowledge is imparted to the students and if they do not have control over their bodies then they miss out on these opportunities.
He says the level of technology that is available today was not available before and that has an enormous impact on how you need to interact with students.
Sayed-Khaiyum says there are now 630 toppers scheme scholarships for the students.
The Acting Prime Minister says most of the scholarships are secured towards science based subjects.
He says we in Fiji need foresters, marine scientists, land valuers, doctors, teachers, engineers, psychologists and professional counselors.
Sayed-Khaiyum says they do give scholarships to people who may do accounting and economics but they do not give scholarships for the law programme because they believe that there are quiet a number of lawyers in the market.
He highlights that the tertiary loans are also available for those students who do not get the toppers scholasrship and are not able to pay for their fees and the maximum interest rate payable is 1.5 percent.
The Acting Prime Minister also highlighted that the effect of climate change has a direct impact on schools.
He says they have relocated three villages to higher ground and another 40 villages have to be relocated to the higher grounds.
