![]() A TEACHER says he has sacrificed his time, especially at night to get teaching and learning flowing smoothly for his students. Paulon Podomo, 27, from Marofen village in North Fly District of Western, graduated with a diploma in primary teaching in 2019 from Sacred Heart Teachers College with support from the Australia Awards In-PNG Scholarships. “Welcome home! “Welcome to Biangabip! “Welcome to St. Monica Primary School,” Podomo said this was the welcome he received from parents and happy children when he first arrived at St Monica Primary School when he was posted in January 2020. ![]() STUDENTS from a secondary school in Port Moresby created classroom decorations using empty juice packets, plastics, newspapers, cartons and slippers. Kilakila Secondary School deputy principal Pala Balun told The National that the idea came about after seeing rubbish everywhere in school ground. ![]() A 36-YEAR-OLD man charged with assaulting a teacher who allegedly hit his daughter was fined K500 by the Lae District Court on Friday. Magistrate Pious Tapil said there was a process to resolve issues when imposing the fine on Moses Sawi of Monakasut, Nawaeb, Morobe. He told Sawi that failure to pay the fine would see him serve a five-month prison term. Magistrate Tapil told Sawi that his daughter had been slapped by her teacher in the school and the matter should have been reported to the school management or the police to deal with. STUDENTS have been told to take ownership of the environment by engaging in activities they can do to contribute to protecting the oceans and marine environment.
Papua New Guinea Sustainable Ocean Alliance Hub coordinator Vinzealhar Nen told the school’s students who attended the World Ocean and Coral Triangle Day celebration yesterday. “As young people let us take ownership of the ocean rather than complaining about what the government isn’t doing and what anyone else is supposed to be doing,” she said. QUALITY school infrastructures with resourceful and skilled teachers in PNG ensure adequate knowledge is imparted to students and this is how quality education is achieved, an official says.
Eastern Highlands primary schools senior inspector Mupe Kaupa said this while commending Notofana Primary School staff and board after the opening a new double classroom on Friday. FIRE destroyed a students’ mess at Saidor High School in Madang yesterday, Madang Police Commander Supt Mazuc Rubiang says.
Rubiang said police officers were at Saidor to monitor the situation and additional manpower would be sent to investigate the matter. He said the people must work with police to ensure the suspects were dealt with. He said the school had faced a lot of problems and he urged the management to identify those that were suspended for drinking last week who could be the alleged suspects. ![]() Divine Word University’s Student Representative Council (SRC) hosted the Inter-Departmental Debate competition on Saturday 28th May. The event was held at the SVD Memorial Auditorium as Teams headed into the elimination rounds. The Debate Competition has seen students excel in teamwork, enhanced skills in public speaking and analytical research. Debating on the topic; “The PNG Government should allocate K30 million for NRL bid,” the Business Studies, team one (BS1) battled hard on the affirmative side while the Environmental Health, team two (EH2) were also strong on the opposing side. ![]() THE Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea (ELCPNG) launched the Lutheran University last Thursday at the church’s headquarters at Ampo in Lae, Morobe. The newly launched university is a merger of three Lutheran institutions in the country: Balob Teachers College in Lae, Martin Luther Seminary in Lae and the Madang Lutheran School of Nursing. The university’s first faculties will be guided by the institutions. The faculties are: education (Balob Teachers College), theology (Martin Luther Seminary), and health and medicine (Madang Lutheran School of Nursing). ![]() MORE than 74,000 grade 10 students nationwide have been confirmed to sit for their written expression examination on Thursday, Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra says. He said the examination papers were delivered to 415 high and secondary schools in all the provinces according to the nomination data received by the Measurement Services Division (MSU) in Port Moresby. ![]() Papua New Guinea EDUCATION Minister Jimmy Uguro says the country needs more policies and awareness on climate change in schools and surrounding communities. Uguro said this when sharing some of the country’s education experiences and challenges around climate change at an education forum in London, United Kingdom, last week. Uguro and secretary Dr Uke Kombra represented the country at the forum and shared on ways to create opportunities for people to learn about climate change skills and solution for climate change education policies. |
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