Cooperation between parents and guardians and Lycee Louis Antoine de Boungainville (LAB) School Community Association (SCA) has resulted in a record reduction of its Vt7,800,835 in outstanding contributions by Vt2,514,879, to Vt4,569,954 last month.
SCA Chairman Kaltuk Kalomor says it is a groundbreaking achievement and wishes to thank all parents and guardians for respecting the SCA appeal and advice that it was going to go public with the names of those who had contributed to the outstanding amount.
Chairman Kalomor says, “Definitely this is a big improvement showing parents are willing to pay their children’s contribution but perhaps they lack information and need to be reminded”.
Following the positive reaction, the SCA has decided to extend a grace period to the end of June while the school is going to contact the parents and guardians to discuss their outstanding amounts pending.
Further, a parents and guardians meeting this Sunday June 11 aims to continue to provide up-to-date information to the attendants for even more cooperation.
Chairman Kaltuk has also done the unthinkable by going to each class to speak to the students about their school.
“It is very clear that the students have limited information on their own school and what their parents expect of them at LAB.
“It is important to also encourage them to address the meeting this Sunday on how they want to see LAB operate,” he says.
As for SCA, he says it intends to also provide Year 14 school leavers with alternatives including how to start a small livestock project in case they do not secure formal employment.
Another new development is encouraging the administration and teaching staff to support each other.
“The SCA is glad this is happening and eventually, we hope to be able to secure training programmes to help individual teachers to draw up their annual budget,” he adds.
“Through using the media, parents and guardians have come to understand their responsibilities and what is happening at LAB.
“It is our biggest bilingual school in the country and now Chinese has already been introduced at the school so looking back now, we can only get better.”
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