MORE than 4600 teachers in the highlands region are still waiting for their postings, an official says.
The delay in the postings was caused by the provincial education board whose term expired last year. General secretary of the PNG Teachers Association in the highlands region John Melson said the old board’s term had expired. No new board had been appointed to decide on the postings. He said the provincial executive council was to appoint a new education board. He said teacher postings should have been done when teachers were still on holidays. “My office is concerned about the welfare and education of students and will talk to the Governor and provincial administrator to sort out the problem quickly,” he said. Melson said the problem was not caused by the teachers. Meanwhile, he said teachers in Chimbu were still waiting for their leave fares. “I talked to Governor Noah Kool last week and he assured me that leave fares will be paid this week,” he said. He said teachers in other highlands provinces had received their leave fares and resumed duty last week. The National
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