The National Youth Parliament (NYP) event that was supposed to happen on 26th to 29th September has now been moved to 10th -14th October 2016.
The decision to postpone this event is to give enough time for letters and other information to reach all schools that will be participating, since some of these schools are situated in very remote locations where information will take time to reach.
The committee thinks it is only fair to give ample time so all schools do not rush the selection of their candidates.
The National Youth Parliament is an event organized to pave the way for our future leaders to build confidence and capacity in leadership and public speaking skills.
Previously, this same event was held in 2009 and 2013 where participants were selected from various community and national secondary schools in the country.
The 2013 event give 20 Solomon Island youths the opportunity to take part in the Regional Youth Parliament that took place at the National Parliament House in Honiara.
That regional event included youths from the New South Wales and Bougainville.
This year’s event will host 50 local youths from 50 constituency base schools in the country and it will eventually result again in the selection of another 20 youths to take part in the first proposed Melanesian Youth Parliament program, to be hosted in Honiara next year 2017.
– Parliament Media Unit
