SCHOOLS who remained suspended without a valid reason will not receive Government Tuition Fee payments or will be exempted from national examinations and assessment, Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra says. Kombra said this following reports of some schools who remained closed and did not follow the department’s instructions to return to classes. “News reports of schools still closed and very low turnout by students and teachers in the last two weeks has caught the attention of the department. “In some cases, students are faithfully turning up for classes only to find that teachers are absent,” Kombra stated. He said apart from a number of wards or districts seriously affected by the election-related issues, there was no excuse whatsoever for teachers not to be at work and for most schools throughout the country.
He said normal teaching and learning should be taking place. Kombra had given directions to all school inspectors and provincial education officials to visit schools and provide reports of the situation on the ground. “The rule of 30-days absenteeism will apply for students who are not turning up for classes without any good reason while teachers who are taking advantage of the situation and are not turning up at the school to teach or are still engaged in counting will be disciplined accordingly,” he said. He said instructions were issued to all schools, teachers and students to resume normal classes on July 25 and Aug 1 for other schools due to election-related violence and disturbances. The National / PNG Education News Next : Marape Government To Increase 20,000 More Tertiary Spaces In 7 Years Comments are closed.
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