![]() THE PNG Education Department targets zero dropouts of students by 2029 in the country, secretary Dr Uke Kombra says. Kombra said this during the Flexible Open Distance Education (Fode) rollout awareness programme in Port Moresby yesterday. He said this could be made possible through four education pathways for students. “There are four pathways, which include normal education system, technical high schools, vocational and Fode,” he said. Kombra said if students completed grade six, they could decide which pathway they wanted to take depending on their strength. Kombra said it was not compulsory for everyone to take the normal school system but the pathways should be available for them to decide. THE transferral of other matriculation centres into the Flexible Open Distance Education (Fode) programme has resulted in a big increase in enrolments this year, principal Anthony Rayappan says.
Rayappan said last year, Fode had enrolled 53,000 students from grades 7-12 on their matriculation programme. This year, the number had risen to more than 72,000 across the country. EDUCATION secretary Dr Uke Kombra says the learning conditions in some schools are deplorable and school boards and headmasters must take responsibility.
“The Government and parents have played their part,” he said. “So, school administrators must take remedial measures to improve conditions.” Kombra was commenting on a social media post about poor learning conditions of a primary school in Port Moresby. ![]() ABOUT 600 East Sepik students attending the Divine Word University’s Wewak campus will benefit from the provincial government’s budget allocation of K4 million this year. Governor Allan Bird told the students this when he met with them on Friday. East Sepik Students Association vice-president Thrisa Paknus raised the concern of students having no laptops in a paperless university. Paknus said they needed laptops and a photocopier to help them with their studies. ![]() THE Balimo Teachers College in Western, Papua New Guinea has welcomed the first intake of 40 students for its primary teacher training programme. The teachers college, a first for Western, is a Papua New Guinea sustainable development programme (SDP) education initiative, managed by the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF) with technical support from Western Sydney University. The college started operations in 2019, with a flexible open and distance education (Fode) programme aimed at addressing the high student drop-out rate in the province. Planning & Monitoring Department plans to improve infrastructure in top performing schools in PNG3/22/2022
THE Papua New Guinea Department of National Planning and Monitoring has plans to support top performing schools in the country.
The department’s deputy secretary of public investment programme Roger Kara said in Port Moresby recently. He said: “Education is a sector that challenges Government policies and the department is keen to support the policies by improving infrastructure in schools which is a major need for many.” Kara told The National that it had partnered one of the top secondary schools in the country and had seen the outcome of the funding support. ![]() STUDENTS at the Divine Word University’s (DWU) Wewak campus in East Sepik have been urged to use their time wisely. Speaking during the university’s academic year launch at Kaindi on Friday, East Sepik Governor Allan Bird urged students and parents to respect any institution’s values. The DWU is a Catholic-run institution. ![]() Twenty one (21) students of a Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby are recovering in hospital, after a PMV bus they were in, capsized this morning. The driver of the Route 4 bus died when the 25 seater coaster bus went off the road at Badihagwa, near the hill leading down to the school. ![]() SCHOOL inspectors in PNG have been advised to evaluate teachers fairly to ensure they are eligible for promotion, Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra says. Kombra said this to inspectors at the national rating conference in Port Moresby yesterday. He said teachers could not be promoted until the inspector assessed their performances. ![]() Teachers in PNG who contest the General Election will only be considered to enter the profession after five years, Teaching Service Commission chairman Samson Wangihomei says. “We are not taking back any teachers because there is no provision in our law to get back resigned teachers. They can move on,” he said. Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra said the election would not affect the education calendar because the two weeks of polling would be during the term two holidays. |
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