AN audit into the tuition fee free (TFF) funds by the Government has found that of the K4 billion disbursed, K330 million was not paid for unknown reasons. Speaking during the launching of the TFF performance audit report by the Auditor General’s Office in Port Moresby on Friday, assistant auditor-general Puva Heako in his overview remark, said: “K4.27 billion was appropriated from 2012 to 2018. “Out of that, K3.365 billion was given to all schools – that’s the exact funding given to all schools but they held back some money for the teaching and learning materials so K305.6 million was held back by the Education Department for the purpose of accommodating teaching and learning materials. National School of Excellence – Passam receives 40 desktop computers to improve learning in ICT7/11/2021
More than 450 students from the National School of Excellence - Passam in East Sepik Province will be able to have a working connected computer laboratory, following a donation of computer hardware and accessories by Papua New Guinea’s national oil and gas company on 23 June 2021. National School of Excellence - Passam was presented, 40 “new in the box computers” valued at more than K100, 000.00 from Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited (Kumul Petroleum) as part of the organisations corporate social responsibility campaign to support the education sector. By JOHN ROSSO MP - LAE OPEN Electorate - On Friday 9th July 2021, I was given the honour to be the Keynote Speaker at the National Polytechnical Institute of Papua New Guinea 10th Graduation of the Class of 2020. My message of encouragement to graduands is to never give up and make the right choices in life inorder to become successful people in the future. Everything rises and falls on the choices we make in life plus hard work and perseverance. I shared with them the story of our good Governor of Central Province Robert Agarobe from a technical college graduate to helicopter mechanic to owning his own helicopter fleet and company. More than 200 graduates of the University of Goroka who were under the Government’s HELP program graduated with empty folders. As the joy of graduation filled the air, a portion of the graduates who applied for the HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) for their tuition fee were grieved because they received empty folders, without the degrees. About 278 Post Graduate Diploma in Education students had applied for loan under the HELP program to pay for their tuition fees and complete their studies The aggrieved students expressed their concerns outside of the graduation ceremony recently. The University of Technology is calling for Applications from Non School leavers for 2022 enrollments. Please note that the method of Application is online. You must Apply online as there is no manual application forms at the moment. The University has released the following statement. THE Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has achieved a lot since its establishment and it is developing and growing, Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra says. He said this during the launch of the teachers information management system (Tims) online data base yesterday in Port Moresby. Dr Kombra said Tims would improve TSC as an organisation. “Thank you for taking the leadership to ensure we have implement the one-person, one-pay, one-position (3Ps),” he said. FOUR juveniles have been charged with wilful murder of a former University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) student in Port Moresby, National Capital District Met Supt Gideon Ikumu says.
“These juveniles are primary and secondary schools students and are now in custody at the Boroko Police Station, they will appear before the Juvenile Court,” he said. THE National Gaming Control Board (NGCB) recently donated and settled the 2021 tuition fees of 40 tertiary students in Papua New Guinea.
“Given the current economic hardship, we needed to help some students pursue their tertiary education to become productive adults and our future leaders,” NGCB acting chief executive officer Imelda Agon said. “The recipients applied through the NGCB’s give back programme seeking financial assistance to continue with their academic pursuit.” Agon said the assistance covered full tuition fees and all costs associated with their boarding. ALL secondary, primary and early childhood schools in Morobe have been urged to be prepared to implement the standard-based curriculum (SBC), an official says.
Morobe acting adviser Keith Tangui said all schools had to be ready and boards and administrations needed to ensure their schools acquired SBC materials. “School heads must get more copies through the service providers and for those needing supplies from the headquarters, we will organise with them to supply those schools with SBC materials,” he said. PAPUA New Guinea history must be prioritised and taught in schools, says New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan.
Sir Julius said this during the opening of a week-long in-service programme for teachers at the New Hanover High School on Konamatalik in the Lavongai local level government (LLG) last Monday. The 81-year-old, who served multiple terms as prime minister, said instead of in depth PNG history, the history of other countries was being taught. |
: Get Free Webpage for your School. Send us your School Profile now
>> STUDY IN PNG Follow PNG Online School |