WHEN government coffers run dry and cannot assist schools in transporting examination papers, Tusbab Provincial Secondary proved schools can assist other schools.
Simbai High School principal Nathan Wiripi yesterday said that he had a tough time last week to transport examination papers for 115 Grade 10 students in his school and Tusbab Provincial Secondary assisted with K18,000 to charter a helicopter to deliver them.
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GRADE 10 examinations in Morobe saw some minor hiccups at two schools but they were managed well in the end, an official said.
Provincial examination supervisor and principal of Lae Secondary School Christopher Raymond said Bugandi Secondary and Siassi High saw some late or wrong exam papers come through as a result of miscommunication. PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill says the Education Department, Teaching Services Commission and the chief secretary were given directions to find out why some teachers’ pay had been deducted.
The direction was given after some teachers in Morobe raised concern regarding pay deductions starting from pay 19 and 20. Morobe Teachers’ Union president Mark Nanu had confirmed that teachers had their pay deducted for some reason. In a forum held on Wednesday at St Mary’s Primary School hall, teachers from Lae district convened to find answers regarding the K200 to K300 deductions, again, on pay 21 (Oct 10.). EIGHT blind students at the University of Goroka disability inclusion resource centre sat for their examinations recently. This was made possible through the leadership of Dr James Aiwa, executive dean of the school of education, who established and incorporated the centre with the university. “The centre has few computers with non-visual desktop access (NVDA) software,” he said. MOREHEAD High School in South Fly, Western, is unable to allow its grade 10s to sit national examinations because it is suspended.
The school was established last year in the Morehead local-level government area with approval from the Division of Education but was forced to close this year in term three as local authorities failed to keep it functioning. A senior education officer in Daru, who asked not to be named, told The National that the school faced many pressing issues from the start – all related to funding shortfall. GRADE 10 students from Kaupena High School in Southern Highlands were urged to do well in their examinations this week because the government was investing a lot in them. Before sitting for the mathematics and personal development exams on Monday, headmaster Joel Kogup reminded the 280 students that they must achieve good results and make the government proud. He said most students came from poor backgrounds and would not have been able to pay fees to go to school, but the O’Neill Government was good to them and made it possible. A TOTAL of 358 grade 10 students of Gordon Secondary School in the National Capital District were among more than 72,000 students who sat mathematics and personal development examinations yesterday. Maths was in the morning and personal development in the afternoon. Today they are sitting social science in the first session and arts in the second. Tomorrow will be science in the morning and practical skills and home economics in the afternoon. Thursday will see business studies and Friday the English examination. Gordon Secondary principal George Kenega said they had more students at the start of the school year but many withdrew while some transferred. Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra has called on teachers around the country who have been experiencing pay cuts to bring their reports to the Teaching Services Commission or the secretary’s office.
The call came after some teachers in Morobe complained to Morobe Teachers’ Union president Mark Nanu last week regarding mysterious deductions from their pay, with most teachers experiencing cuts of up to K300 in their salaries on pays 18, 19 and 20. |
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