Gerehu Secondary School in Port Moresby is one of the biggest secondary schools in Papua New Guinea with a population of 2,300 students and 69 teachers.
Current students and Alumni of Gerehu Secondary School on Sunday participated in a clean-a-thon, the group picked up rubbish along the outside of the school area.
The school is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, from a provincial high school to a secondary school. Gerehu secondary school opened its doors in 1983.
President of the Alumni Association Judith Kila says the partnership with the school is to aid the school in achieving some of its target activities for the 40th anniversary and in the long term help the school complete some of their projects.
Like most schools in the country, Gerehu Secondary as a Government school faces overcrowding and shortage of resource material that continues to plague the teachers and students alike.
There are a few projects that lead back to 2008 that have been left abandoned, two six in one classrooms have been abandoned and neglected by the Education Department and its sub contractors, also teachers houses have been left incomplete as well.
Deputy Principal Administration of Gerehu Secondary Paul Lolya says they try to cope with the increase of students with the school taking on grades 7 and 8 as part of the new one six six curriculum, the school has been forced to convert its science labs and practical skills rooms to cater for the increase in student numbers.
The school has only benefited from the tuition fee free education policy by the Government through school stationary, comprising of biros and exercise books, the school has not been allocated any money by the Government for new infrastructure projects.
The only way forward is for Public private partnership and the Alumni is spearheading the move, appealing to former students of Gerehu High School and Secondary school to participate in finding solutions to the schools predicament .
Contact with the Alumni of Gerehu Secondary can be made through their facebook page.
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