TERTIARY institutions should improve job search skills for students and graduates, says Pacifund’s chief executive officer Des Yaninen.
Yaninen was concerned about the quality of written English that graduates from higher institutions displayed in their job applications. He said while a good number of graduates who came out of higher institutions were brilliant, many did not know how to properly approach or talk to potential employers. He said universities and higher institutions should be more concerned with the quality of their graduates rather than the quantity. ![]() DIVINE Word University (DWU) lecturer Dr Irene Semos applied for the Australia Awards Scholarship to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy to research and contribute to curriculum delivery. “I felt like I was not challenged intellectually in the way I was delivering my teaching and facilitating learning for the students,” she said. The DWU lecturer has a masters degree in international public health and recently obtained a PhD in public health from the University of Queensland through the Australia Awards PNG. PNG DEPARTMENT of Personnel Management Secretary Taies Sansan says all overseas training applications by public servants for the 2024 Australian government scholarships must align with the country’s development priorities.
Sansan said development priority areas were in health, education, governance, law and justice, transport and infrastructure and agriculture. It follows the announcement of the Australian government scholarships and information on the United Kingdom Commonwealth and chevening scholarships in December. The application for Australian awards scholarship opens from Feb 1 to May 1. ![]() Commentary by Adrian Neronggai Enhancing Student Learning and Accountability through Online Assignment Submission and Grading" For the past three years, I have been a student at the University of Papua New Guinea. And I must admit that I am deeply dissatisfied with the current approach of submitting assignments on paper and manually grading them. The current system takes a lot of time. Lecturers must spend a lot of time gathering and grading paper assignments. This not only causes delays in the delivery of feedback and grades, but it also limits the time that lecturers have to offer insightful and thorough feedback. ![]() Trans Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) education director Mere Vaihola has accepted a call to Pacific Adventist University (PAU) as deputy vice chancellor for administration. In this role Mrs Vaihola will provide executive leadership and oversee the areas of policy formation, operational management, human resources management, health and wellness, ICT operations, support services, physical plant operations development and campus security. The newly-created position is designed to complement the existing management team comprising the vice chancellor, deputy vice chancellor (academic affairs), bursar (financial affairs) and director of student services. Free Education: Tuition and projects Fees approved and ready to be deposited into School Accounts1/24/2023
![]() The Marape-Rosso Government has approved the first batch of tuition and project fees for the 2023 academic year. This should hit school accounts this week. The Education Department received two warrants yesterday totaling K396 million. Education Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra said of this funding, K316 million is for tuition fees covering Terms 1 and 2 and 50 percent of project fees, which is K80 million. ![]() PNG TEACHING Service Commission chairman Samson Wangihomie has advised schools yet to receive the resumption of duty forms that they will do this week. Wangihomie said the delay was because of an issue with accounts which had been rectified. He welcomed back teachers at the start of the new academic year. “I’m very happy with teachers around the country who resumed duties yesterday (according to) reports from the provinces,” he said. PARUL University in Western India will provide 50 per cent scholarship for Papua New Guinea students to study at the university, says Thomas Pillar.
Pillar, who is the director of Asia Pacific Institute of Applied Social Economic and Technical Studies (Apiasets), said this during the signing of a memorandum of agreement between Apiasets and the university in Port Moresby recently. “Parul University is giving us this opportunity to study in not only in Apiasets but abroad,” he said. THE delay in Tertiary Education Students Assistance Scheme (Tesas) scholarship payments is a major burden for sponsors, stakeholders, parents and students in PNG , a student says.
Lina Afaru, who will be doing her final year at Divine Word University (DWU), told The National: “The school’s administration is now putting the burden onto our parents to pay up outstanding for last year as a parental component for this year before registration. ![]() More than 60,000 teachers across Papua New Guinea's primary and secondary schools resumed duties for the 2023 academic year this morning. The Education Department is reminding the teachers to be mindful of their punctuality to their duties. Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra believes academic and learning achievements will not be effective, if teachers punctuality is lacking. "We cannot allow for any absenteeism in schools. Provinces must take the leadership to make sure that teachers attendance is an area of urgent attention." |
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