All these rumours about the new coalition government removing government assistance like social welfare support and free tuition fee are false rumours spread by some people.<\/p>\n
This was stated by Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad during the budget consultations at Nadi Civic Centre.<\/p>\n
Professor Prasad says he is making this very clear that these rumours have no basis, they are malicious and are not something that the coalition government ever mentioned or is planning to do.<\/p>\n
He says there were also rumours that students will not get scholarships which is just another lie that people don\u2019t have to believe.<\/p>\n
Professor Prasad says in fact the Government is looking at how scholarships can be improved.<\/p>\n
He says they have already decided that all the debt totaling up to almost $613 million that was burdening the parents and their children is going to be taken off the books.<\/p>\n
Professor Prasad has clarified that all students loans will be scrapped, and students will be offered scholarships with bonds.<\/p>\n
Source Fijivillage.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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