![]() AN education official in Morobe has praised the efforts of teachers across the country for being the springboard for thousands of students in this time of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. While observing World Teachers Day yesterday, programme adviser Keith Tangui said teachers were playing an important role. He highlighted the issues teachers continued to face while trying to deliver quality education to children. ![]() By Robert Iki Leso Over the past years, we have talked and debated much on quality education to no avail. Previous and current governments have thought that quality education can be nourished others means. Like declaring free education or concentrating on the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education. They actually assumed that by concentrating on these levels of education, they would uplift the standards of education. How wrong their assumptions were. With such notions we tend to give less priority to basic education. ![]() The University of Goroka is now into a two-week lock-down following confirmed reported cases of coronavirus on campus. The University Council and Management made the decision last Friday following confirmed cases and two deaths relating to COVID-19. The University Management says the two-weeks lock-down will not affect the students’ studies as it is within the academic study schedules for study break this year. ![]() A NEW study centre has been opened in Port Moresby which will be used to give second chances to young Papua New Guineans. Speaking at the centre’s opening, Ferguson Education Centre coordinator Menah Bukie read an email from Ferguson Education Group chief executive officer and founder Ian Ferguson, who was unable to attend. The email read: “Education was the future for any nation to develop and the best investment one could invest in. “The Ferguson Education Group has been in the education industry for more than two decades. ![]() Statement by Lae Open MP JOHN ROSSO Dps MP It gives me great pleasure to officiate at the opening of the 8 in 1 double classroom for Huonville Primary School funded by taxpayers through the Lae City Authority. The classrooms will cater for 400 students, two staff offices fully furnished with chairs, desks and whiteboards. The K1.2 million project was funded through the Lae DSIP education component and was managed by LCA through sourcing quality building design, materials and a reputable building contractor for the project. ![]() This month Nambawan Super has welcomed six candidates under the 4th Nambawan Super Graduate Development Program (GDP). Chief Executive Officer, Mr Paul Sayer, said graduates have commenced placements in member-facing teams and will undergo 12 months of coordinated career development. “Graduates are from a range of universities and have studied diverse disciplines, including Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business and Information Technology,” Mr Sayer said. ![]() PNG Deputy Controller Dr. Daoni Esorom has clarified that one of the recent measures to ban public gatherings of more than 20 people does not apply to schools. He says, they are mindful of students’ examinations coming up, and so schools will still operate but under strict health measures of social distancing, and masking among others.' ![]() STUDENTS and staff from the Kelua Teachers College in Mt Hagen, Western Highlands, will now have access to an electronic library (e-library). The e-library cost over K50,000 and was installed by the Australian Rotary. ![]() THIRTY-THREE female students studying to become teachers have received scholarships to further their education. Thirty-one students from St Peter Channel Catholic Secondary School Teachers Training College (CCSSTTC) in East New Britain (ENB) and two from Pacific Adventist University (PAU) received their math and science teacher education scholarship awards from the boosting education standard together (Best) PNG project. Margreth Penington, 28, from Qngalik Island in Kavieng’s New Hanover, New Ireland, a second-year student at CCSSTTC, shed tears of joy when she got the news. Penington said her mother was a single parent and the scholarship would help her mother. Penington is in year-two studying biology as her major and minoring in religious education. ![]() Lucy Gawai, Principal of Kapuna Community Health Worker Training School, recently graduated with a Bachelor of Midwifery from the University of Goroka as an Australia Awards scholar and was recognised as the top student in her class and the second for overall excellence across the School of Science and Technology. Lucy chose to study midwifery to qualify to teach Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Lucy says: “The majority of students coming for community health worker training are from very remote parts of Gulf and other provinces, where there are no doctors, midwives or nursing officers. So, community health workers are there to save lives, they need to be given appropriate information and training to practice safely.” |
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