TAILEVU NORTH COLLEGE
CALL FOR MORE WOMEN LEADERS
Parliament Speaker Dr Jiko Luveni imparted a special message to female students on Valentine’s Day while on a visit to Tailevu North College.
Dr Luveni encouraged female students to take up leadership positions and challenges which will develop them.
“We women can aspire to become leaders. Take up jobs that are usually considered as men’s domain. Take up challenges, it makes life interesting,” Dr Luveni said.
Year 12 student Anaseini Nacuke said the programme was encouraging and motivated her to continue to work hard and move forward.
“The Speaker has encouraged us to work hard and seeing that she is the first female Speaker, nothing is impossible, even to be the first female President,” Anaseini said.
For the college’s headgirl Railala Osborne, the programme helped to increase her knowledge about Fiji’s Parliament.
“I thank the Speaker for her inspirational speech as it helped us to know more about Parliament and it is also a great opportunity for students here to meet the Speaker of Parliament.”
Dubbed “Meet the Speaker’ the outreach programme takes the Speaker and parliamentary staff to rural locations.
Dr Luveni’s visit on Valentine’s Day brought smiles to the Speaker’s face.
While delivering the vote of thanks, viceprincipal Vereniki Namositava expressed his school’s appreciation to the Speaker for choosing February 14 to visit their school.
“We believe that Tailevu North College holds a special place in your heart Madam Speaker because you chose to visit our school, none other than on 14th February, St Valentine’s Day,” Mr Namositava said.
“Your presence has made a great impact on the lives of our students and your life history will be a great challenge, in particular to our female students.”
“Also Madam, Fiji is being warned of Tropical Cyclone Gita. Here at Tailevu North College, we have been captivated by another cyclone. I believe it is one that will challenge our students to rise to the occasion for this year so that our academic performance, which has been ailing in the past year would rise again to the place where it was.”
At the end of her presentation, the Speaker was asked a few questions by students and one was on the qualification needed in order for a person to become the Speaker of Parliament. The school roll at Tailevu North College stands at 717 with 39 teachers.
Early this week, the Speaker and her team ventured out to Pundit Shreedhar Maharaj College, Tailevu; and Noco Secondary School, in Rewa, for similar programmes.