Papua is known as a home to athletes so we need good mentors and coaches as well as funds (to develop their talent).
Jayapura (ANTARA) - The government will support the development of young Papuan sports talents through cooperation between senior high schools in Papua and Japan, an official from the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) has said.



The development of talented Papuan youths in the sports field is very important, KSP's expert staff for human resource development, Rini Modouw, said here on Wednesday.



"Papua is known as a home to athletes so we need good mentors and coaches as well as funds (to develop their talent)," she added while attending the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between two senior high schools, one in Smankor, Papua, and another in Yamagata Chuou Gakkou, Japan.


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With the signing of the MoU, Modouw said she will always pay attention to the building and human resources of the educational institution.



"So, we, along with the Papua Provincial Education and Archive Office and Smankor Papua will build connection so, during the leadership of President Joko Widodo, we will pay attention to the school building," she said.



In addition, her office will also team up with the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry to develop the Smankor school building in the future, she informed.


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She said she will pass on copies of the MoU to the education and youth and sports ministries so that the development of young sports talent can be aligned with education at schools in general.



"The development of human resources is very important. (Hopefully), Smankor Papua graduates will have strong character," she remarked.



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