Australia’s support through the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) has trained the latest cohort of 203 Papua New Guinea (PNG) nationals in various technical and vocational programmes, contributing to the country’s skilled and productive workforce.
APTC in a statement last week said the achievements of the new graduates was celebrated in a virtual ceremony. PNG LABOUR and Industrial Relations Registrar Helen Saleu says it will take her seven days to go through Papua New Guinea Teaching Association (PNGTA)’s audited financial results.
“PNGTA has at last, after numerous requests, submitted its first audit results since its formation. I will respond after studying the report,” she added. ![]() A criminal gang swarmed a group of primary school students and were about to rob and rape them when police intervened and saved them at 17 mile in central Province. The students from the Wardstrip Primary school in the National Capital District (NCD) were at the 17 Mile River, outside Port M,oresby when they were confronted by armed thugs, but members of the NCD Dog unit passing through along the highway spotted the commotion and quickly intervened. ![]() The University of Goroka (UOG) is now calling for applications from Non School Leavers for the 2023 academic year. The application forms can below downloaded from the links below. Non School leavers Applications for University of Goroka for 2023 are now open How to get application Forms Application forms are now available on request or you can download for the links below. For application forms and further information contact: The Director Student Administration University of Goroka, P.O. Box 1078 GOROKA 441 EHP Phone: 531 1739 / 531 1887 Website: www.unigoroka.ac.pg Email: [email protected] Check out : Official Website for details DOWNLOAD APPLICATIOINS FORM _ 2023 ![]() ACTING PNG HIGHER Education secretary Dr Francis Hualopmomi says higher learning institutions will soon receive their tertiary education scholarship assistant scheme (Tesas) and higher education loan programme (Help) funds. “The delay in disbursement of the funds is due to the process of cheque clearance by the Ombudsman Commission (OC),” he said. “All our cheques have to be cleared by the Ombudsman Commission due to the General Election 2022 period.” Hualopmomi said the Government had allocated K65.1 million for Help this year, which, K23 million had been released by the Treasury Department. Morobe’s education division has borrowed money to maintain operations so far this year, says programme adviser Keith Tangui.
“We have borrowed about K300,000 from different schools in the province,” he said. “It’s illegal but we’re doing it to run the province because we have had nil funding since January.” Tangui said this borrowed money went to cater for logistics to channel hard copies of important documents like teachers’ resumption of duty summary sheets, records of attendance and commencement of new graduates. ![]() A technical school in Western has integrated yoga into its extra curriculum activities to improve mental and physical health of students. Teacher and yoga trainer at the Saint Gabriel’s Technical Secondary, Brother Lucianus Lakra, said that the course was introduce to help improve the students’ mental and physical health. “About 18 students have joined the course as they began to realise the health benefits of this practice,” he said. “I introduced the idea to the school as part of our extra curriculum activity and many quickly joined. “The yoga practice aims to provide mental and physical relief for the students as certain postures relax certain muscles of the body. “One such posture is called the bow posture which helps to stretch the abdomen and the shoulders, improving body posture and lower back pains.” The school commemorated International Yoga Day 2022 on June 18 with yoga stunts performed by students under the supervision of Lakra. The National / PNG Education News Next : Dangsai High School Receives K500,000 From PNGNFA ![]() THE National Fisheries Authority has given K500,000 to Dangsai High School on Karkar Island for the construction of a double classroom. Authority managingm director Justin Ilakini said helping to develop the school was “part of our responsibility for communities”. ![]() TEACHERS in PNG have a duty to ensure that students are properly taught, says National Planning secretary Kone Samuel. He said during the opening of the Boisen Secondary School in Rabaul, East New Britain, that students must be given the best education. Samuel, a former student of the school, was impressed with the new administration office, science laboratory, a home economics building and a five-unit staff quarters. He said the school was destroyed during the twin volcanic eruptions. It was renovated and elevated to secondary status three years ago. “To grow the nation, we need educated men and women,” he said. ![]() The Morobe Provincial government funded Education Infrastructures Program is a visionary policy that aims to avoid a bottleneck of students as they progress from Early Childhood to Primary and into High and Secondary stages of education. This policy has seen the Morobe Provincial government finance infrastructural development at all of Morobe’s secondary schools to the tune of K12 million in 2021. |
: Get Free Webpage for your School. Send us your School Profile now
>> STUDY IN PNG Follow PNG Online School |