MORE than 30 units of the Education Department are showing the public what they do during a two-day exhibition at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby. Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra said the various units wanted to tell the public who they were and what their role in the education department was. MORE than 50,000 grade 12 students will not find places in tertiary institutions because of space limitation, according to Education Minister Nick Kuman. Out of the 72,000 who sat for national examinations this month, only 18,000 were guaranteed a place in tertiary institutions because tertiary institutions could cater for only 25 per cent of the student population, he said. THE subject of citizenship and Christian value education (CCVE) will have to be taught by teachers who practise Christian principles every day.
Education Secretary Uke Kombra said the CCVE, which will be taught in schools from next year, is a practical subject and teachers teaching it should demonstrate what they teach in the classrooms as well as outside. PORT Moresby Technical College (Pomtech) will offer diploma courses after more than 70 years of offering national certificate programmes, says Governing Council chairman Mesulam Tokaplen. Pomtech has been graduating students with certificate qualifications only. Pomtech officially opened its diploma programme with the National Planning and Monitoring Minister Richard Maru presenting K3 million during the opening of the programme and the ground-breaking ceremony. Papua New Guinean Vavine Nadesalingam, founder of the NGO Voices For Village Foundation Inc, has been named the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year at Southern Cross University’s annual Alumni of the Year Awards recognising exceptional achievement and outstanding service. Without knowledge, a nation cannot prosper, says the acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea, Professor Vincent Malaibe. “We need to create a knowledge-based society in Papua New Guinea where everyone can contribute something to the development of this country,” he said. He stressed during the International Training Institute graduation in Port Moresby on Thursday the importance of acquiring knowledge and using it for the right purpose. “Knowledge can be good or bad depending on how you use it,” Malaibe said. THE University of Papua New Guinea Open College will shift from learning using printed materials to a technology-enabled one, says executive director Professor Devabaktina Harinarayana.
A GROUP of Papua New Guinea students studying at different universities in China has thanked the Pacific Scholarship in China agency for helping them find education abroad.
The group told The National through an email that they were not only given an education opportunity but also the chance to travel and see the world. Ahleen Embel, from Nipa, Southern Highlands, said studying overseas had always been a dream for many. THREE University of Goroka students charged with defrauding the university in relation to the payment of tuition fees have appeared before the Goroka Committal Court.
Benjamin Tengere, 24, of Paka village in Hela’s Lake Kopiago-Koroba district; Jason Joe, 25, of Porolo village in Lower Mendi, Southern Highlands; and Nimo Avefa, 21, of Kirihena village in the Henganofi district of Eastern Highlands, appeared before Magistrate Gerard Vetunawa on Thursday. Grade 11 students of Paradise High School in Port Moresby have visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) head office to learn about Japanese culture and what Jica was doing in the country.
The students have been learning about culture in their language and literature classes. |
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