![]() Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has assured both international and national students who have received an acceptance letter to study at the University of Papua New Guinea that they students will not be turned away. He says the University will honor the acceptance letter of a Philipino student, Roselyn Algo and they will assist her and her family to come up with a plan to meet her tuition fee. It was claimed on one of the dailies that the UPNG has turned her away because of her race and nationality. ![]() MISTAKES and failures are great teachers, learn from them, say 23-year-old Christina Pore and her older sister, Angela Pore, 26, who were both admitted to the bar as lawyers earlier this week. The two sisters, who hail from Karinz in Mendi-Munihu, Southern Highlands, grew up in Longo village. They said that they grew up in a society where sons were valued more than daughters. Christina, who completed her Grade 12 at the Aiyura National High School, said she was first encouraged to take up law by her teacher and mentor. ![]() BANK South Pacific Financial Group Ltd acting chief executive officer Ronesh Dayal says school fee payments can be made online instead of joining queues at the bank. Dayal said 80 schools in the Highlands region, 120 in Morobe, 60 in the National Capital District, 100 in the New Guinea Islands and 50 in Southern had registered for the school fee payment. BSP offers a school fee payment service through the BSP mobile banking USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) service *131# and on BSP Pay. Papua New Guinea HIGHER Education Minister Don Polye has urged all higher education institutions including the University of Papua New Guinea to let registrations and orientations proceed without disruption.
He said any issues arising could be addressed later. Polye was responding to issues raised by UPNG and other institutions. “I as the minister shall allow all registration and orientation programmes of UPNG and all other higher education institutions to take place without disruptions,” he said. ![]() CONFUSION over online payment of compulsory fees have left some University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) new intakes frustrated on the first day of registration yesterday. While a handful of students managed to complete their payments and were allocated rooms, some had to wait in long queues outside the UPNG accounts office waiting for their payments to be processed. Bank South Pacific Financial Group Ltd (BSP) staff members were there to assist students open new accounts and to transfer fees. A Madang family told The National that they had been in Port Moresby for almost two weeks and were relieved after finally getting their son registered. ![]() The PNG University of Technology and the PNG Joint Forces Academy (Igam) today signed a MOU for training and technical cooperation and implementation of Learning Management System (Moodle) at the academy. The signing of the MOU that took place this morning between Unitech Vice Chancellor Dr Ora Renagi (Unitech) and PNGJSA Commanding Officer Lt Colonel Donald Aisuk enables Unitech to install Moodle software on all computers and servers at the Igam based academy. The MOU is to promote closer cooperation and exchange of information on Moodle Platform between the two institution to improve delivery and learning for instructors and officer cadets at the academy. ![]() POLITICIANS in PNG must stop meddling in the appointment of teachers and leave that task to the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and education divisions, says commission chairman Samson Wangihomie. “I do not want politics. I am requesting politicians not to meddle in teacher appointments, ”he said. “That (is the job of the) education division and TSC. “We are getting all sort of stories from Jiwaka (of people playing politics about teachers’ appointments.” Wangihomie was responding to general complaints by teachers in the Highlands region about politicians trying to intervene in their appointments. ![]() TEACHER Lloid Ambihi has to walk for hours along a stream each day to reach the school where he teaches. “It’s about a six-hour walk, crossing rivers, climbing mountains and walking along bush tracks before reaching the school, all while carrying my heavy bag with me,” he said. He teaches at the Wallam Primary School in remote Dreikikir of the Ambunti-Dreikikir electorate in East Sepik. The Government-run school is 37 years old. ![]() Over 3,000 students are expected to enroll in PNG's biggest primary school ( by Population size) in the National Capital District this year, an official says. Wardstrip Primary School head teacher Rotona Girnna told The National that it was the largest primary school with 3,262 students. He said there was no way to expand the school but to maintain existing facilities and re-develop the school library. “We cannot expand the school as we don’t have enough space. “We can only maintain our classrooms and library,” he said. ![]() The Education Department has issued directives to Provincial Education Advisors to immediately suspend school principals, and Headteachers of the following level of education for defying Governments GTFS Policy Directives By Collecting Illegal School Fees And Project Fees..
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