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Rabuka stresses on discipline

January 27, 2025 4:45 pm

[Source: Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka/Facebook]

On the eve of the 2025 academic year, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka emphasised the importance of discipline in achieving academic success.

He said education was a collaborative effort involving students, parents, and teachers, and that everyone had a crucial role to play.

The PM added that recent academic results have been below expectations, with high failure rates observed in some grades.

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He stressed the importance of students effectively managing their time, allocating appropriate time for both extracurricular activities and academic studies.

“Our own parenting discipline and the children’s discipline, particularly discipline in the use of time rather than resources. A lot of the results are coming out indicate that we are not disciplining ourselves and our children in the use of time for education.”

The PM said he hoped parents had taken good advantage of the $200 Back-To-School assistance.

About 8,000 Year 13 students beginning their final year of secondary education tomorrow will receive the $200 Back to School support this week.

Over $100 million has been paid out through the initiative so far.

The Coalition Government has assisted more than 200,000 students through the Back to School Support this year.