GOVERNMENT FREE EDUCATION POLICY (GFEP)

The Government Free Education Policy 2025 -2026 (GFEP) succeeds the former Governments Tuition Fee Subsidy policy from 2020-2024 (GTFS) and the Tuition Fee Free policy from 2012-2019 (TFF) under the O’Neil government.

The government has been committed in funding grants to schools since 2012 spending over K 8.8 billion resulting in over 2.4 million students having access to quality education. The GFEP main focuses are;

• Sustained funding and fair and equitable distribution of nations wealth across the country
• Quality education for all children with emphasis on robust standards assurance system,
• Providing equal opportunities to all school age children by funding alternative pathways

The Marape/Rosso government has not only retained free education but most importantly, increased funding appropriation by 10% this year to pay for student’s education as well as project fees as follows;

The Government will pay 100% of the tuition fees. Parents meet other education associated costs such as uniform and transport.

TUITION FEE LIMITS FOR 2025 BASED ON PARI

Tuition Fees will now be paid according to the National Economic and Fiscal Commission (NEFC) PNG Access Remote Index (PARI) categories:

1) Highly Accessible (HA)
2) Accessible (A)
3) Moderately Accessible (MA)
4) Remote (R)
5) Very Remote (VRE)
6) Extremely Remote (ER)