ABOUT 300 students and their teachers in three schools in Kutubu, Southern Highlands, will no longer have to worry about transport to do their schools’ administration runs. This was made possible after trucks were donated on Wednesday to the schools by Petroleum Resources Kutubu (PRK) Ltd, a subsidiary of the Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC), who purchased three trucks at a total cost of K456,000 through their community infrastructure fund (CITF). The three schools are Aiyo Primary School, Sisibia Primary School and Waro High School. A Chinese national who submitted fraudulent documents to obtain a Student Visa under Kopen Secondary School was apprehended in a dawn raid in Yonki Eastern Highlands province. Kopen Secondary school is located in Wabag, Enga province. The PNG Immigration and Citizenship Authority lead investigation team arrested the suspect during their routine checks in Yonki. Surprisingly, the Chinese national was managing a retail shop in Yonki outside of Kainantu town whilst, being in possession of a student visa. THREE Papua New Guinean students have been awarded scholarships by the Taiwanese government for undergraduate studies in universities in Taiwan. The trio depart for Taiwan today. According to Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in PNG representative Oliver Liao, the students met the scholarship requirements and were chosen as awardees of Taiwan 2020 scholarship. Liao said the scholarship programme started in Port Moresby in 2010 and, over the last decade, more than 50 Papua New Guineans had been selected to pursue academic studies in Taiwan. EIGHT new executives of the PNG Teachers Association (PNGTA) Eastern Highlands branch were challenged to continue fighting for teachers’ rights by an official. Outgoing former Eastern Highlands PNGTA branch president Branson Tomane urged the new executives to work to improve the welfare of teachers. Tomane said he had taken up the teachers’ cause with the Eastern Highlands provincial government for the last 15 years. FEMALE scientist has been leading the fight against African Swine Fever since it emerged in Papua New Guinea, according to the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access plus Programme (Phama Plus). She is National Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Authority (Naqia) technical officer Elaine Hevoho, one of the first workers tasked to stop the spread of the fever when it emerged in Southern Highlands in March this year. The fever affects pigs and thus posing a health, social, cultural and economic risk. Most Port Moresby residents have at one time or another commuted in a Comfort Taxi car, many more are all too familiar with the popular blue colored older Toyota crown models with taxi plates seen all over the city, but only a few have heard of the name behind the brand. From a grade 10 school leaver to police officer to starting, owning and operating Port Moresby’s largest public transport service company, Nathan Milyo’s Comfort Taxi Service brand is truly a Pom city household name. Well known and liked all around the city, how did the former policeman grow a taxi company to be as vast and successful as they are today? Nearly 2,000 teachers across more than 800 schools have been trained through the Papua New Guinea-Australia Partnership to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for early grade learners. Since 2017, the Rapidly Improving Standards in Elementary (RISE) project has been focusing on supporting professional development opportunities for teachers and enhancing school learning environments. RISE has also focused on building parental engagement in student learning and improving the capacity of district and provincial divisions of education, including church education agencies. Like many teachers at remote schools across Papua New Guinea, Elis Tenge did not have an opportunity to complete formal training before she volunteered at Bonong Elementary. The school is 15 minutes from Minj, Jiwaka Province, and serves a local community who mostly survive on subsistence farming and income earned from selling fresh produce. After graduating from high school, Elis’ jumped at the chance to step in when Bonong Elementary faced a staff shortage. “There wasn’t any opportunity for me after completing Grade 12,” Elis said. Papua New Guinea's acting Chief Secretary to Government, Ambassador Issac Lupari has called for bible studies to be made mandatory in all schools. Mr. Lupari said Christian values are at the core of society and must be extended to schools, public service, national institutions, and every fabric of society. He said all Papua New Guineans have an obligation to adhere to Christian values and to ensure that the upcoming generation is educated on Christian ways. A TEACHER says the standard of education will only change when the welfare and working condition of teachers are prioritised by the Education Department. Badihagwa Technical Secondary School principal Maru Bala said during celebrations for the International Teachers Day yesterday the Government continued to talk about improving the standard of education but ignore the plight of teachers. “Teachers are the architects of the education system yet our conditions remains the same year in and year out. “Unless and until teachers’ conditions are improved, our education standard will never improve,” Bala said. He said more attention should be given to teachers’ accommodation and pay. |
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