![]() FROM the 31,252 Grade 12 students who sat the Upper Secondary School Certificate Examinations in PNG this year, only 18,900 will secure spaces in tertiary institutions, leaving 12,352 by the wayside. Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (Dherst) acting secretary Fr Jan Czuba said the quota had increased by almost 4,000 over the last five years. “We are increasing the quota slowly, but to increase it, we need to have more qualified lecturers and build enough staff houses,” he said. “We need to build more classrooms, dormitories and having big dining facilities to cater for the increased student population and better access to e-library. “Also, we have to secure funding for salaries to pay the lecturers.” Czuba said the department had plan to increase the quota, but it would take time.
Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra said all Grade 10 and 12 students’ selections would be done on Friday. Kombra said the examination results had been submitted to Dherst last week after they were launched by Education Minister Jimmy Uguro. “Dherst will give students four days’ grace period from today (Monday) to Thursday to review their choices according to their results to ensure their choices meet the requirements of each institution,” he said. Kombra said the department had sent hard copies of the Grade 10 and 12 results to all schools last week. “We will print certificates and send to schools before Christmas.” He said the Grade eight provincial examination supervisors had arrived in Port Moresby during the weekend with their data to print certificates. Statement/TheNational/PNGEducationNews Also read
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