By Nazario Rodriguez Jr.
Horizon news staff

The Ministry of Education has announced yesterday that the 2007 Education Awareness Week will be held on March 12-16.
The event will be held in Koror for the first time in six years and is being funded by the Pacific Regional Initiative for Delivery of basic Education (PRIDE) Project based in Suva, Fiji with the amount of $95,040.
All students from all schools, both public and private, will have opportunities to participate in various competitive activities on all contest areas.
Students coming from outside of Koror will be billeted in different campus in Koror.
They will also be provided meals and transportation to the venues.
Minister of Education Mario Katosang has informed President Remengesau last week that the Organizing Committee is currently working with the school principals and the chairmen of the Parents-Teachers Association to plan the program activities as well as the preparation.
Katosang has asked the president for his full support as well as the different ministries and various government agencies.
MOE Director Emery Wenty said the last time that such Education Awareness Week was held in one venue in Koror was in 2001 but because of lack of funding the different schools did it by themselves.
Some of the competitions would include sports and games, Palauan spelling bee, traditional dances and chants, science fair and debate to name a few.
Presidential Proclamation No. 01-99, which was signed on Feb. 26, 1999, established the third week of March each year as Education Awareness Week.
During the week, competitive educational programs are promoted among the students in both elementary and high schools.
Wenty said that the organizing committee is also planning to include Palau Community College this time.
It would be recalled that in April 2006, the Education Summit was held and that Education became a top priority thus the new 10-year Master Plan was formulated to include the awareness week.
Student activities in all content areas of Palauan studies, match, science, social studies, language arts, physical education, health and career guidance will be developed in collaboration with parents and students implemented throughout the awareness week.
Community members, other government agencies and the private sector will serve as resource people, guest speakers, volunteers and officials for the student activities.