Coffee Industry News

No Student can Fail to Become a Farmer (19/02/2010)

Imagine if there were no coffee in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

People would not have a stable activity to keep them on their land, and lawlessness would be rife and out of control.

The coffee crop has given people a reason to celebrate, a reason to boast, a reason for peace and a reason to life.  

The Coffee Curriculum has again added more meaning to the crop. Equipping students with coffee farming skills and knowledge is equivalent to equipping students with skills for life.

Whilst emphasizing on the importance of the Curriculum and its
benefit to students, schools and the economy, Coffee Industry
Corporation (CIC) Board Director, Mr James Korarome, guaranteed teachers that, “No student can fail to become a farmer”.

Mr Korarome made the statement during the Coffee Curriculum
School Nursery Program launching at CIC Aiyura, Eastern Highlands
Province. The Nursery program will be established in all pilot schools
in the Western Highlands, Eastern Highlands, Simbu, Morobe and
East Sepik provinces.

CIC Chairman further added that the Curriculum was an opportunity presented to students who may not make it through the education system. 

Representative of the National Education Department, Mr Mordecai Baine, claimed that PNG was moving into an “exciting phase”. Being a strong exponent of technical aspects of education, Mr Baine said the innovative Coffee Curriculum was promising the national vision of happy, healthy, wealthy society to the students – the major clients of the curriculum.

The Coffee Curriculum is a “living practical” and the Nursery programs should empower schools to teach it. Teachers are challenged to be the brains to how well students take up the Curriculum.

Partners, CIC Ltd and the National Education Department pledge to work closely with schools, providing much needed guidance and technical expertise.

 

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Updated: May 25, 2010