THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) will begin a review of teachers’ pay increments, allowances and other issues concerning the welfare of teachers in the country. TSC said this comes after receiving documentation on teachers’ welfare issues from the Papua New Guinea Teachers Association (PNGTA) recently. This would be the first round of negotiations by both organisations in addressing teachers’ issues in the country, according to TSC. PNGTA vice-president Shenell Kou said some of the issues captured in the document included teachers’ housing allowances, salary fixation, training and other important issues. TAKING after her mother, Magdalene Edwina Owiti Webster walked down the podium with a Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery during the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) graduation on Friday. Her mother is the school of medicine and health sciences associate professor Florence Muga. “It has been my childhood dream to pursue a career in the medical fraternity, taking after my mother,” she said. “Little did I know; I would graduate one day with this achievement.” Her father, Dr Thomas Webster, is the former National Research Institute director. “I have been waiting for this moment for a long time with a lot of blood, sweat and tears and this achievement paid off,” Magdalene said. “I dedicate this achievement to my hardworking parents and family for their endless support, they deserve everything.” Born to parents from East Sepik Province, Ms Karen Watnawi like many attending the University of Papua New Guinea, has successfully graduated from the institution last week. Enduring four years of sleepless nights and long days at UPNG where she has now graduated with a Bachelor’s in Science Degree majoring in Biology. Ms Watnawi although from East Sepik was born and raised on Misima Island, in the Samarai Murua District of Milne Bay Province and now calls home. Like many who have grown up in adopted towns and provinces where work has led their parents to settle, Ms Watnawi was born in 1999 at the Misima District Hospital on the island when her dad was first serving as a police officer on the island. “We moved to Alotau town where I started school in Alotau Elementary then transferred back to Misima Island where I did grades four to eight at Bwagaoia Primary School from 2010 - 2014. The National Department has released the following statement on the content coverage for Standard Based Curriculum Examinations for Grade 12.
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ON the remote Trobriand Islands of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea is a teacher who is having a significant impact on his community through his passion for agriculture. Nathan Kabisawali, a teacher at the Kiriwina High School, is devoted to teaching his students about sustainable farming practices and food security. Kabisawali’s upbringing in the Trobriand Islands and his firsthand experience of the challenges his community faced due to climate change had inspired him to study agriculture at the University of Environment and Natural Resources. “I want to assist the people on the island,” he said. MORE than K1 million has been released for students attending tertiary institutions in the country under the Kokopo scholarship programme. Officer in charge of the rollout programme, Fidelis Nicholas, said that this year’s programme saw more than K1 million being rolled out for 745 students attending tertiary institutions. “Out of the 745 students, 292 were from Kokopo-Vunamami Urban, 173 from Raluana, 128 students were from Bitapaka, 72 from Duke of York Islands while 80 students were from other provinces, but long-time Kokopo residents,” he said. “For the sponsored students attending universities, the approved 2023 subsidy is K2,000 per student, with exception being the University of Papua New Guinea’s Kokopo Open campus students who would receive K1,000 each.” DEBORAH Kaga surprised herself and her family when she topped a certificate in accounting class at the fifth Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (Pilag) graduation recently. “I hated business studies and anything to do with it and even was not happy with my family when they refused to send me to Mt Hagen to pursue a career in the science field,” the 21-year-old said. “But it all paid off and I’m proud to say that my dad knew what was best for me.” Kaga, of Morobe and Eastern Highlands parentage, is the eldest of four siblings. She did her primary schooling (grades 1-8) at the Carr Memorial Primary School and then completed high school at Koiari Park Adventist School at 17-Mile. “I loved science so I streamed into the chemistry and physics class in grades 11 and 12 at Koiari Park,” she said. THE Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is looking to establish police college campuses in other parts of the country, says deputy commissioner Joanne Clarkson. Clarkson said that they were already in talks with New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, one of their development partners, to use pieces of land provided in West New Britain to set up part of the campus. “We’re being pushed by Government to increase numbers quickly, and the college at Bomana has a limited capacity,” she said. “The current college set up can only cater for 560 trainees; that’s 60 at the officer cadet wing and 500 if we squeeze people up at the recruit facility.” FIVE aspects top the list in the transfer of education functions to Bougainville.
Education Minister Jimmy Uguro met with his Bougainville counterpart Thomas Pata’aku recently and discussed transfers. The meeting was attended by secretary for education for Bougainville Joel Nava, Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra and Teaching Service Commission (TCS) chairman Samson Wangihomie Kombra urged the Bougainville education minister and government to work with the department to have the functions fully transferred. EDUCATION in Porgera, Enga, has been severely hampered because of safety and security concerns of teachers. Continuous law and order issues experienced in the area had seen lessons at Porgera Secondary School being affected as many teachers had left, citing safety as their main concern. Teaching Service Commission chairman Samson Wangihomie said teacher’s safety was paramount. “If they feel threatened and the communities are not respecting them and not looking after them ,they will leave,” he said. Wangihomie said this in response to concerns raised by the students who had also protested to authorities. |
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