![]() EDUCATING a child is a life-time investment which will only finish when he or she dies, Defence Minister and Okapa MP Saki Soloma says. Soloma said this to the people of remote Upper Gimi in Okapa, Eastern Highlands, on Friday at the opening of a new school infrastructure at Tarotamane Community School. “Education is important, it is the key to success,” he said. “Education will stop when the educated person dies, it is a life-time investment.” Soloma announced his plan to subsidise school fees for all Okapa students attending high and secondary schools next year. “All student from Okapa district attending high school will get subsidy assistance from Okapa district by next year. “Parents will only contribute a small portion and my office will cater for it”. IT should be compulsory for all teachers to be trained on how to use sign languages in schools so that they can communicate well with students with disability, says a teacher.
Ted Diro Primary School deputy head teacher Margaret Gerari told The National that they had 322 grade eight students sitting for the national examinations and two students with disability were sitting for the exams as well. She said an interpreter from the Cheshire Home would be with them during the four days of examinations. Gerari said Adam Dikana from Hanuabada and Daisy Kotena from Gulf did their grades 3 to 8 in Ted Diro Primary School and they were sitting for the national examinations with other students. The students have hearing and speech difficulties. ![]() AROUND 130,000 Grade Eight students in 3,400 primary schools will be sitting for their annual examination from today to Thursday. The four papers are Written Expression, Mathematics, Combined Subjects and English. Grade 10 students completed their exam two weeks ago and Grade 12 last Friday. Grade Eight students will be graded when the results come out and selection into lower secondary school can be made. Grade 10 papers will marked by selected teachers at the provincial education headquarters. ![]() Over 400 teachers throughout the country have convened to Port Moresby to mark the Grade 12 National Examination Papers. According to the Education Department, the examination scripts will be marked in various locations in Port Moresby according to the subjects in the next two weeks. The teachers will mark the following subjects that were examined:
![]() Thirty-nine schools in the National Capital District and other centres around Papua New Guinea today (Thursday) partly received K2 million out of K3.96 million in school fee subsidies from the NCD Commission. The subsidy includes School Fee Assistance and TVET subsidy. This funding excludes Kina-for-Kina school fee partnership in Moresby North-East and Moresby South electorates. The total budget for this year is K5 million for NCD and its two districts. ![]() As Grade 12 students are winding down their National Examination week, parents, school authorities and law enforcers are wary of the after exam parties that are likely to happen which has also been the case in the past years. This has now prompted the Provincial Police Commander (PPC) for Western Highlands Province Chief Inspector Jacob Kamiak to send out a strong warning to students who may have plans for after exam parties or drinking in groups. ![]() About 50 grade 12 students at Magarima Secondary School in Hela, walked out on the national examination on Monday, expressing frustration over exam questions in various subjects. Initially about 10 students walked out on the History exam on Monday, which prompted students to walkout on Tuesday and Wednesday during the economics, physics, biology and accounting exams. Student president, Michael Hape said at least 50 students withdrew from the school, only after coming to an agreement with representative from the Measurement Services Division who were at the school to conduct exams. ![]() A JUDGE has told an armed robbery suspect that his alleged attack on a couple was unbecoming of a university student. National Court judge Justice Jim Wala Tamate rejected a bail application from University of Papua New Guinea student Junior Aure, 26, of Drima village, Gumine, Chimbu, who is facing a charge of robbery. Aure said he was attending the University of PNG and needed to be granted bail because of his studies. ![]() Today show about 30,000 Grade 12 students throughout the country began their national examinations. The students sat for General Mathematics Paper 1 and Advanced Mathematics in first session in the morning. In the second session students, sat for the History and Applied Science papers. The students will sit for exams for rest of the subjects during the week. These students are attending 188 secondaries and six national high schools in the country. ![]() Bradley Yombom-Copio is the new University of Papua New Guinea Student Representative Council President for 2021. He was declared yesterday when reaching the absolute majority set at 1,500 plus 1 following the elimination of the fifth candidate. This is the first time in the history of UPNG for a student at the Medical Faculty to claim the seat. In second place was a third-year Law student Cleopas Suehe who scored 1,200 plus votes, a difference of almost 200 votes, |
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