MINISTER for Education Aseri Radrodro said his recent school visit revealed some schools did not have valid land leases.
While delivering his ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday, he said the ministry was working with relevant stakeholders to address this issue.
“During our school visitations across Fiji, it was also found that some schools did not have valid land leases, and the Ministry of Education is currently working with the TLTB and other stakeholders to effect land leases for affected schools as part of the mandatory requirements for rehab assistance,” he said.
“Matuku Secondary School is one of the schools that has land lease issues, the school was part of establishing a junior secondary school in 1967 however, work on the projects was incomplete.
“The forms of EA2 and EA3 have been given to the interim school committee for their furtherance, and the secondary school will be part of the Ratu Mocevakaca Primary School lease while work on having their secondary school lease is underway.”
He said Fiji was fortunate that development partners, humanitarian groups, and financial institutions had come to its aid over the years.
“The assistance cannot go unnoticed, as they have contributed to speeding up our recovery and rehabilitation efforts.
“The strengthening of our Vuvale partnership has seen DFAT extending its support during TC Yasa and we also acknowledge the embassy of Japan, MFAT, UAE, the government of Indonesia, UNICEF, Save the Children and many others that I have not mentioned here.”
