Thursday 27 February 2025, Port Moresby. Three institutions signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) each with the National ICT Authority in Port Moresby on Thursday 27th February 2025 to receive support through NICTA’s Universal Access Services (UAS) Secretariat.
Boera Primary School, Papa Junior High School and Laloki Community Resource Centre are all recipients of NICTA UAS ICT projects.
Boera and Papa will benefit under the Connect the School Project while Laloki’s assistance falls under Connect the Community Project.
The objective of connect the school project is to provide access to ICT for educational purposes, to bridge the digital divide by ensuring internet connectivity for school students and to promote sustainable ICT integration into the schools’ educational programs.
The benefits for the three recipients include provision of fixed broadband services which covers supply of VSAT with WiFi, 20 desktop computers for each of the two schools and the provision of grid power to Laloki Community Project.
The MoA allows transfer of ownership of these resources to the recipients after project completion. It is expected that these projects will improve learning by providing easy and affordable access to internet and other school materials to over 400 students of Boera (grades 3-8), 600 students of Papa (grade 3-10) and 2000 student dropouts, unemployed youths and surrounding community of Laloki Ward 1, all in Central Province, Papua New Guinea.