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A group of volunteer Fijian teachers to teach in the Marshall Islands were reminded of their role on Thursday in strengthening relations between the two Pacific neighbors.
While presenting the air tickets at a ceremony on Thursday, Public Service Commission permanent secretary Parmesh Chand said the volunteers will provide their service to further enhance their capabilities in Marshall Islands' education sector, adding that the teachers, who are going under the Fiji Volunteer Service, will assist and be beneficial to the children of Marshall Islands.
The four volunteer teachers, who are retired in Fiji, will be departing Fiji on Monday and teaching maths, history and English in Marshall Islands, according to the Ministry of Information.
With a budgetary expansion this year, the Fiji Volunteer Service has expanded its scope of coverage and now involve the engagement of unemployed graduates and experienced personnel in areas of national community interest, he added.
Beginning in March 2012, the Fiji Volunteer Service is an initiative of Fiji to reform the management of employment creation services in the country and is administered by the Public Service Commission. The main function of the scheme is to engage unemployed persons and retirees who wish to serve society in the spirit of volunteering in any local and regional undertakings.
Under the Fiji Volunteer Service, professionals are engaged following requests from hosting organizations both locally and regionally for sharing of expertise and development of human resources capacity in areas such as education, health, climate change, disaster preparedness and management, HIV/AIDS prevention and other areas of national and regional interest.
