FROM the 31,252 Grade 12 students who sat the Upper Secondary School Certificate Examinations in PNG  this year, only 18,900 will secure spaces in tertiary institutions, leaving 12,352 by the wayside.
Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (Dherst) acting secretary Fr Jan Czuba said the quota had increased by almost 4,000 over the last five years.
“We are increasing the quota slowly, but to increase it, we need to have more qualified lecturers and build enough staff houses,” he said.
“We need to build more classrooms, dormitories and having big dining facilities to cater for the increased student population and better access to e-library. “Also, we have to secure funding for salaries to pay the lecturers.”

The Department of Education has announced the top performing students of 2023 academic year.  The list below shows students who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the various subjects studied at secondary school. Also check out of top students in STEM Examination

The Papua New Guinea Department of Education has recognised top performing students in the Grade 10 examinations with Ministers Awards. 
The  secretary of Education, Dr. Uke Kombra announced the awards when launching examination results for the 2023 academic last Friday. According to the secretary, the  there were over 70,000 Grade 10 who sat the examinations this year (2023).  For  the first time, the department is recognizing the top performing students in each of the subjects offered at Grade 10 level. 
'He said, the awards will be now called Ministers Awards. The students will get special certificates and other awards  from the Education Minister Hon. Jimmy Uguro  

The Ministry of Education in Papua New Guinea has awarded the top performing students in the STEM Examination.
The students will be also awarded scholarships to study in the United States of America.  
The Minister's awards were given to three students from each subject who ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in one of the STEM subjects. 

The Education Department has announced the top performing Secondary Schools  and Schools of Excellence . Below are the top performing schools based on their performance in Grade 12 Examinations. The Mean rating Index (percentage) was used to rank the schools.  
Top 10  System Schools - Grade 12

1. Western Highlands - Paglum Secondary 95.6
2. Western Highlands - Mt. Hagen Secondar 95.49
3. National Capital     - St. Charles Lwanga Secondary 92.07
4. Morobe - Busu Secondary School 91.45
5. Sandaun/West Sepik - St Ignatius Secondary 91.33
6. Milne Bay  - Cameron Secondary 89.65
7. New Ireland - Lihir Secondary 89.25
8. National Capital - Marianville Secondary 89.22
9. Western - North Fly - St Gabriel Technical Secondary 86.86
10. Eastern Highlands - Goroka Secondary 85.59

Here are the top Performing Schools in Grade 10 Examinations in 2023.  The ranking is done in two separate categories.  These are  
1. Top Performing System Schools
2. Top Performing Private Schools. 
The schools were ranked according to their overall performances measured by Mean Rating Index. (Number of A, B, and C grades)

The Education Department will launch the examination Results today
Friday 8th December, 2023. 
 . You can watch live below. 

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FOUR French scientists from Paris and Noumea are in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to engage with local scientists and university students and academics in developing initiatives for long-term collaboration and analysis of human activities within the region.
Their visit culminated from a visit to PNG by French President Emmanuel Macron in July where a joint declaration was signed with the Government.
The declaration agreed for both countries to work hand-in-hand and formulate a country package on nature, forest and climate.
A media statement about the visit said the scientists included Laurent Durieux and Marc Despinoy from the French research institute for sustainable development’s Geospatial4PICTS programme based in New Caledonia and Insight Solutions Geospatiales director Jean Massenet and project manager Pearl Winchester.

TOTALENERGIES PNG Ltd (TEP PNG) has signed an understanding with the University of Technology (Unitech) to offer scholarships to third-year students beginning in the New Year.
The Papua LNG project operator scholarship programme would initially target the electrical, mechanical or civil engineering, applied physics, communication for development, geographical information sciences or a bachelor of science in agriculture disciplines.
TotalEnergies BSE director Marie-Alix Dognin said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing recently sealed a partnership where they would support scholarships at Unitech.
“We are used to working with institutions in Port Moresby which is easy to run in terms of logistics and links and this is the first time to have a close partnership with an institution in Lae,” Dognin said.