Omili Primary School

Omili’s head teacher went to the nation’s capital to source their materials using the school’s funds.

For schools that cannot afford to make the trip, Morobe’s government tuition fee subsidy officer, Joseph Tounokon, suggests that they can move collectively to source teaching and learning materials.

Omili Primary School recently shipped their text books from Port Moresby to Lae, and are encouraging other schools to do the same.

Omili is the largest primary school in Morobe Province with over 3,000 students.

Head teacher, Mark Nanu, said prior to buying their new curriculum, three to five students can share a textbook, and eight teachers also share one resource book.

To alleviate the strain on their limited resources, Nanu went to the nation’s capital and organised for the purchase and shipping of over 3,000 new textbooks.