THE appointment of teachers should be based on substantive position and eligibility holders, PNG Teachers Association general-secretary David Numbaming says.
“All the provincial education office must have the list of substantive position holders, tenure position holders and eligibility list holders,” he said. Numbaming said this in response to the process of teachers appointments to all schools that operate within the national education system after concerns were raised by some teachers on their appointment. “My dream is to become a doctor. It has been, ever since I was a child. However, getting into nursing college was an opportunity and I am glad I chose nursing,” says Yolanda Som, Australia Awards PNG alumna. Yolanda and more than 40 Papua New Guineans have been supported by Newcrest Mining Limited through the Australia Awards In-PNG Scholarships to study nursing and midwifery since 2017. The partnership between Australia Awards PNG and Newcrest is contributing to improved health service delivery through the upskilling of health workers across PNG. Morobe school principals and head teachers say the K13 million government tuition fee subsidy (GTFS) paid to the province is not enough to keep schools running. This concern was raised during a principals’ conference recently in Lae. The school heads expressed their concerns to the provincial education board (PEB) in order for it to bring the matter to the Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra, Minister Jimmy Uguro and the Education Department. Provincial education adviser Keith Tangui said their concern was based on the rise of prices in terms of goods and services. “The rise in the cost of goods and services has made the schools suffer a little bit, especially the boarding schools,” he said. “The points raised are valid and we will take them on board and respond to them.” The Papua New Guinea National Education Calendar is now available online. The calendar outlines the Departments activities for the 2023 academic year. KARIMUI-NOMANE MP Francis Alua says there has been a delay in the payment of tuition, board and lodging fees for students from his district attending tertiary institutions and collages and should be paid this week. Alua said K2 million was allocated to support those student attending higher institutions and the payments would be made into the accounts of only the registered and recognised institutions.
“This school fees assistance is beneficial to the qualified students upon filling in their application forms and presenting relevant school documents,” he said. K92 Mining Ltd (K92), operator of the Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea has announced the recipients of the 2023 K92 Mining Tertiary Scholarship Programme. The recipients are:
These students will complete their final year industrial traineeship with PKL. The recipients of this scholarships are; PNG's KEREMA Open MP Thomas Opa paid a total of K220,000 as semester one tuition fees for more than 80 students attending the International Training Institution (ITI) on Friday. The money was presented by members of the Kerema Hope Foundation to the ITI board of management at the Badili campus in Port Moresby. Opa, who is also the vice-minister for Mining, said the support was part of a K1 million funding project under the tertiary assistance scheme and the district office had budgeted for all Kerema students in tertiary institutions. NO stakeholders, staff and teachers should be involved in the selection of students for the University of Goroka (UOG), says an official. Vice-Chancellor Dr Teng Waninga said six officers had been terminated for doing so last year and he would not hesitate to do that again if a similar situation was detected. Waninga said the university had a very important responsibility to educate students to be teachers and such acts would not be entertained. He said students were only selected on merit by meeting the grade point average (GPA) of the programme. AN elementary school teacher in a remote village in Vanimo, West Sepik, Papua New Guinea has been working without pay for 13 years. Mahney Elementary School teacher Longaar Noukwon said he had been teaching since 2010, sacrificed and went through hardships because he was committed to the profession he was trained for. “I have sacrificed and taught since 2010 without pay, I’ve gone to the provincial education office for help but nothing has been done since then,” he said “I face difficulties trying to sustain myself as most of my time is spent in the classroom teaching, doing lesson plans and I have no time to do other things to help myself.” THE deadline for all teachers’ resumption of duty forms is the end of March, says Teaching Service Commission (TSC) chairman Samson Wangihomie. Wangihomie said all forms must be submitted before the end of next month. “If you do not fill in the resumption forms your salaries will be affected,” he said. He said more than 70,000 teachers are expected to be on the payroll this year, with the number increasing by between 2,000 and 3,000 each year. |
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