![]() The University of Papua New Guinea's School of Medicine and Health Sciences currently only produces between thirty to forty doctors per annum to cater for a population of eight million. Professor of Internal Medicine Sir Isi Kevau has described this as a 'huge challenge' for the country, the Government and the university. Sir Isi says the quality is there, but it is how to improve on the quantity. “When I was the former dean here and I used to go to Australia to attend the Dean’s Conference, New South Wales itself produced from three universities at least 200 doctors per state. So New South Wales, it was 600, Victoria 600, South Australia 600. And we for eight million can only produce thirty to forty doctors. How can we take this and address it as a country, as a Government and as a University. “All the graduates that we have produced here from all the different parts of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences have been well-trained,” Sir Isi said. Meantime, Professor Isi Kevau also highlighted that the School of Medicine's ability to attract students to the programme is limited due to the non-attainment of the required Grade Point Average (GPA) of four, for the study. He said that is a basic issue or manifestation of the education system in this country that is not teaching the young population the right mathematics and science.
“Everybody speaks beautiful English, that’s fine. But I think it’s those ones, for our medical sciences courses and medicine courses are the ones that need abit of lifting in relation to Maths and Science. “How far do we go back, Education Department, to primary schools, secondary schools or wherever – that’s a problem that needs to be shared,” Professor Kevau said. NBC News/ PNG Education News Next : Notices From DHERST On 2019 Grade 12 Online School Leaver Forms And Selections Comments are closed.
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