THE Chinese embassy held a farewell reception last Friday for 38 Papua New Guinean recipients of the 2023 Chinese government scholarship. Of the 38 scholarship recipients, two were doctoral, 12 were postgraduate, 16 were undergraduate and eight were military scholarship students. Chinese ambassador Zeng Fanhua commended the students for winning the scholarship and urged them to make the best use of it so that they could come back and help develop the country. “You live in the best time of China-PNG relations and I hope that you will cherish the opportunity to study in China, work hard, learn the Chinese language and increase professional knowledge,” he said. “I hope that you could integrate your personal development into the development of your country and become the pillars of PNG’s development in various fields in the future.” PNG Education Minister Jimmy Uguro says trainee teachers must be properly accommodated prior to training programmes. He was reacting to a media report in this paper this week about 50 female trainees accommodated at a primary school library in East New Britain being robbed on Monday. The trainees, from Gaulim Teachers’ College, were held up by criminals at Kalamanagunan Primary School in Kokopo. It was understood that there was no report of any injury. Uguro had directed Education Department secretary Dr Uke UNIVERSITY student-cum-fashion model Zipporah Puang Vies says believing in oneself is a powerful way to make one’s dream become a reality. The 25-year-old third-year journalism and public relations student at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) was one of the 60 models who took part in the 2023 PNG Fashion and Design Week runway in Port Moresby last week. “I was a very shy girl before. I never imagined that I would one day be modelling an outfit designed by PNG Fashion and Design Week chief executive officer Janet Sios,” she said. 2024 NON-SCHOOL LEAVERS APPLICATION NOTICE The University of Papua New Guinea, (UPNG) wishes to inform prospective applicants that the UPNG Online Application Portal for receiving applications for Undergraduate programs to be offered by the University for academic year 2024 will be open from 14th August 2023. It will close on the 30th of September 2023. Applications for Post Graduate programs for academic year 2024 are also open during the same period. Prospective applicants can consult the respective Schools (Program owners) to seek further information on how they can lodge their applications. 1. THE UNIVERSITY WILL CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF CANDIDATES:- General Criteria for Non-School Leavers FIFTY women trainee teachers, accommodated at a primary school library in Kokopo, East New Britain (ENB), Papua New Guinea were robbed on Monday night, but there were no reports of any injury. The trainees from Gaulim Teachers’ College in East New Britain were held up by criminals at Kalamanagunan Primary School in Kokopo. ENB police commander Chief Insp Januarius Vosivai said the incident occurred between 1am and 2am. About BSP BSP Financial Group Limited is the largest financial institution spanning across countries in the Pacific including Laos and Cambodia in the Asian region. Our Organization is more than a bank. BSP provides equal opportunity for Employment and supports our communities through outreach programs. Out of 10 Executives, four (4) Strategic Business Units are led by Women. Annually, the organization supports communities through educational, environmental, sporting and charitable programs. Wearing of black every Thursday shows BSP’s continuous approach in eradicating violence in our communities. We aim to be the leading financial services provider in our chosen markets, helping customer, staff, shareholders & communities prosper. BSP Graduate Development Program Our Graduate Development program run annually focuses to nurture, develop, enhance human capital and promote a high performing culture. This provides an opportunity to young and aspiring undergraduates and graduates to pursue and build their career through opportunities in our different Strategic Business Units within the business A third-year student at the Papua New Guinea's University of Goroka (UOG) was killed in a tribal attack on Friday, according to police reports. Eastern Highlands Provincial Police Commander Supt Michael Welly confirmed Larsen Kapira from Telapo village in Hayapuga local level government (LLG) in Tari Pori district in Hela was killed by a group of men from Bena area of Ungai-Bena district Eastern Highlands on Friday. Supt Welly said Kapira was with residents of Guava Street in Kama-Red Kona area of Goroka town trying to calm down a Bena man who was playing loud music whilst under influence of liquor. EARLY learning that comes with visual games for children is a key starter to get them interested in reading and forms the basis for tackling the low literacy rate in Papua New Guinea, says the founder of a children’s book programme.
Founder and chairman of the Book Bilong Pikinini, Anne Sophie Hermann set out with her students to launch 19 books in guiding other children to better literacy and learning. Herman said that setting young children on their career paths “before they turn five or six years old is important as when they learn early, their brain will be fully formed and it will be ready for whatever the future brings in the school.” THE Mendi School of Nursing in the Southern Highlands will undergo a K20 million transformation. Mendi-Munihu MP Raphael Tonpi said that the transformation will be done in two parts – first the reconstruction of the infrastructure and second, the overhaul of the school administration. The Papua New Guinea EDUCATION Department guidance and counselling first assistant secretary Philip So’on has urged Grade 12 students to take their studies seriously and excel. “You must be serious about your lives and think of where you want to journey to,” he said. “Young people are the ones who will make a difference in our country. “You are the ones to replace us. “You are the future leaders of the nation. “But you cannot replace us with boom box and homebrew. “You are students and must say no to cigarette and alcohol, so you |
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