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. ![]() SISTER Ria P Versario is passionate about educating young people in school. She arrived in the country on Aug 4, 2016, and spent four months teaching religious education to the second and fourth year students at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in Port Moresby. This year, she is the sister assistant in charge of the Mary Our Help Ladies Dormitory and a lecturer on Christian living education.. TERTIARY students awarded Morobe Gerson Solulu scholarships are waiting for the province to pay their full school fees for this year.
A group of them discussed last Friday with provincial administration officials the outstanding payments for the first and second semesters. ONE of the country’s first ever teachers during the colonial age has come out saying loans should be procured to build the country and not decorate it.
Pre-independence teacher Mr James Waia Mange of Ialibu Pangia told Post Courier yesterday that he was sickened that the country was taking loans to spruce up the capital city for the APEC meetings. ![]() Classes at the Holy Trinity Teachers College in Mt Hagen were suspended since Monday following clashes between students and locals. Many students packed their belongings and fled from the college following two consecutive days of fighting with the local Moge Akelka tribe living on the college’s periphery. ![]() THE Teaching Service Commission is investigating why some teachers had taken out loans which required deductions of more than 50 per cent of their net salary. Commission chairman Baran Sori said it was one of the reasons huge deductions were being made to teachers’ salaries each fortnight. “The teachers’ pay cut is no longer the issue, but teachers obtaining loans beyond 50 per cent of net pay is now the issue. Investigation has started,” he said. “Evidence have shown that there was no pay cut or deductions to teachers’ salaries from the education department, but deductions were for loans obtained from finance companies.” A GROUP of university students in Goroka are facing fraud-related charges linked to the payment of their fees when they enrolled at the beginning of the year.
University Acting Vice-Chancellor Donald Gumbis yesterday confirmed that 17 students had been charged by police. ![]() The PNG Teachers Association (PNGTA) will not be part of the proposed nationwide stop work next Thursday and Friday the 25th and 26th October 2018. That is according to PNGTA National General Secretary Mr Ugwalubu Mowana in an interview today. Mr Mowana told Legend FM News thus far they have been contacted by a number of groups concerning this boycott but have chosen to distance themselves from it. |
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