INTERNATIONAL trade is expected to contribute to better employment outcomes but only a few people who graduate from the education system find jobs, a research shows. According to the “Employment effect of international trade in Papua New Guinea” (NRI Discussion Paper 181) by Dr Francis Odhuno and Dr Diana Ngui, PNG relies on international trade for much of its exemplary economic growth performance. “Yet only very few of its young people leaving schools and colleges every year find wage employment,” the report stated. The research investigated the twin effect of increasing PNG’s imports and exports on the country’s formal sector employment. THE Teaching Service Commission disciplinary committee (TSCDC) has reinstated the eight teachers who had allegedly helped students cheat during a grade 10 national examination. Committee member and Teaching Service Commission (TSC) commissioner for policy Joel Nava said the eight teachers of Kui Wamp Nga High School in Western Highlands appealed to the committee following their sacking by the provincial education board (PEB). PARENTS have been urged to send their children to registered institutions which are in compliance with Government’s rules and regulations.
Chairman of Mapex Training Institute Mt Hagen campus, Joseph Paraka, said people should be wary of the many schools and institutions popping up everywhere. He advised parents to be careful of where they spend their money and send their children to. UNIVERSITIES in Papua New Guinea will be using a unified grade point average (GPA) system. University of Goroka vice chancellor Prof Musawe Sinebare said the academic senate endorsed the concept last year that all new students this year be assessed under the new five-point GPA system. LAST November, PNG-born Emmanuel Suarez Jigo was conferred a doctor of philosophy (PhD) in cybersecurity at the Nova Southeastern University in Florida, the United States. The 28-year-old had been groomed for academic excellence from the very start. “I was inspired to get to where I am today by my parents, who hold doctoral and master’s degrees respectively,” Emmanuel said. “They started to emphasize the importance of education during my primary education at St Joseph’s International Catholic College.” His father is from Nigeria and mother from the Philippines but are PNG citizens. They have lived and worked in PNG for almost three decades. His father, Dr Oti Jigo, holds a PhD in economics. His mother Bregidita Suarez Jigo holds a master’s degree in education administration. Both met when they were students at the University of Santo Tomas. Emmanuel was born in Port Moresby and attended the then St Joseph’s International Catholic School from pre-school to grade eight. He then attended Port Moresby International School for Grade nine and part of Grade 10. THE University of Technology has established a Confucius institute in partnership with the ChongQing Normal University of China. Confucius institutes are public education partnerships between colleges and universities in China and counterparts around the world. Unitech vice chancellor Dr Ora Renagi said the institute would promote the Chinese language and culture. It will allow students to work for Chinese companies in PNG and obtain Chinese scholarships to study science and technology in China. Talks on establishing the institute began in 2015. A UNIVERSITY student is looking forward to going back to school. Karen Sibut, 21, was engaged by the City Pharmacy Ltd group over the weekend at the Stop & Shop Rainbow to conduct a customer satisfaction survey. “It is a great learning experience to try new things, walking around talking to customers, this is just a weekend job.” The Department of Education has announced the newly registered secondary schools in the country. These schools are now eligible to sit for the Grade 12 Examinations as they are now recognized as secondary schools.
THE Government will try to collect data on school drop-outs in the country and find ways to help them further their education through the distance learning or technical colleges, Prime Minister James Marape says.
Marape said this in Jimi, Jiwaka, during a visit to see the district’s road network earlier this month. He said those school leavers who were at home could enrol with the flexible open and distance education (Fode) or at a technical education and vocational training (Tvet) centre. Marape said people needed to be trained or further their education post-secondary school in order to be employed and develop opportunities for themselves. FOUR law students from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) completed an eight-week legal internship programme (LIP) at the Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) in Port Moresby on Friday. “We are thankful to Larry Agdop, Dempstar Kiasaka, Marlyna Kispe and Rebekah Watinga for their contribution to the work of TIPNG since they started last December,” TIPNG chief executive officer Arianne Kassman said. “They have been exemplary young Papua New Guineans in their conduct and commitment. “It is our hope that the skills they have learned in the TIPNG office will inform how they as legal professionals contribute to the fight against corruption in Papua New Guinea.” |
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