Bachelors desperate for ‘matches’

SUVA – Concerns have been raised by a school manager of a district in Fiji regarding the increasing number of bachelors in villages around his district.

Speaking to Minister for Education, Dr Mahendra Reddy, Seaqaqa district representative to the District School Managers council meeting, Solomoni Naqoli, said they needed single female teachers as there were a lot of bachelors in their village.

Naqoli told Dr Reddy most of the female teachers who had transferred to their school were already married.

“There are a lot of male bachelors in the village and we need to get them married off,” he said. “It is very difficult to find matches for these men.”

Responding to the school’s concerns, Dr Reddy said he was aware of the same trend at Coboi Village in Bua.

“In the village of Coboi, a total of 30 young men between the ages of 20 and 30 are still single and trying to find matches,” he said. “This is becoming a serious problem in our rural settlements and communities.”

Dr Reddy joked that most of the married men had difficulties in having children because they were spending less time with their wives and most of their time with friends around the yaqona bowl. - Fiji Times