UNITED States (US) army recruiter Sergeant First Class Sergei Kalyuzhny is in Port Moresby to conduct exercises with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, and not for recruitment.
The US embassy, in a short statement, clarified this yesterday after speculation that the US army were looking at recruiting Papua New Guineans. ![]() IALIBU-Pangia students attending the University of Goroka (UOG) have been allocated K450,000 as school fee assistance by MP Peter O’Neill. Ialibu-Pangia Students Association president Joe Wala thanked O’Neill for providing help at such a time when parents were struggling during presentation at the university campus last week. “We, the Ialibu-Pangia students attending UOG, will make it our priority to achieve good grades and contribute equally back to our community,” he said. ![]() ENGA will continue to advance in education as long as its political leadership maintains strong relations with important stakeholders like Education Department, diplomatic corps, overseas partners and the corporate sector, says an official. Education secretary Dr Uke Kombra made this remarks at the closing of a week-long senior education officers’ conference at Enga Teachers College campus at Irelya in Wabag on Friday. Kombra said Enga would continue to prosper both in education and other aspects of development because the province had a good political leadership under Governor Sir Peter Ipatas and supported by provincial administrator Sandis Tsaka. THE Morobe Gerson-Solulu scholarship scheme coordinator, Robert Ayang, has apologised to scholarship recipients and their parents for not paying what was promised earlier this year.
Ayang’s apology followed a gathering of disappointed tertiary students at the Tutumang Haus (provincial government) due to a delay in funding that resulted in some students being deregistered. “My apologies for not paying the fees as expected in the beginning of the year where 100 per cent fees were promised, and also the payments were delayed because the government funds were coming in late to the accounts,” he said. ![]() By Samuel Raitano, in Wabag, Enga Province : Kalang News Enga Province is hosting the thirty second (32nd) Senior Education Officers Conference (SOEC) in Wabag. The launching of the week long program took place on Monday ( 08.07.2023) at Wabag Primary School. The Launching of the Senior Education Officers Conference was done in style with students and staff from schools around Wabag town gathered for the occasion. Enga Province Governor Sir Peter Ipatas with Provincial Administrator Sandis Tsaka were on the ground on Sunday at Wapenamanda Airport to receive Education Minister Jimmy Uguro, Secretary Dr Uke Kombra along with senior representatives of Teaching Service Commission and the National Library and Archives. ![]() The Papua New Guinea Unitech Alumni has launched a K20 million funding raising project to build a Level 3 hospital for the University. This was revealed by Unitech Projects Director, Derrick Kundi at the Unitech Alumni corporate funding raising dinner at the Hilton Hotel, Port Moresby, last week Friday. The current University clinic is catering for over 60,000 patients annually and increasing at 15 percent annually since 2010. ![]() The Unitech Alumni Association has appointed new executives for the year 2023–2024 during their annual general meeting (AGM) at the Hilton Port Moresby. Associate Professor Dr. Patrick Michael was re–elected as president of the Unitech Alumni. He became president in 2022 ![]() Mr Isaac Opeti is a trainer in Electrotechnology at Bougainville Technical College in Tinputz. He is passionate about training up skilled electrical tradespeople. In 2008, he completed the equivalent of National Certificates 1 and 2 and worked in Port Moresby. Having lived through the Bougainville conflict, Mr Opeti made the decision to return to Bougainville and help his people. His passion made him join the Bougainville Technical College (BTC), where he teaches Electrotechnology. In semester 2, 2022, Mr Opeti took a step further in upgrading his skills by completing the Australian Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician (UEE30811) course delivered by the Australia Pacific Training Coalition. The new qualification is helping Mr Opeti build his professional capacity as a trainer in his field. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Lukautim Graun Program (LGP), has supported 30 people, including 24 women from Nubia village in the Bogia district of Madang Province, to access financial literacy training (FLT).
Local trainer, Tina Manamb, certified through USAID’s partnership with the Center for Excellence in Financial Inclusion (CEFI), recently conducted the training on the basics of financial literacy. The Gearson Solulu Scholarship funding to Niugini Plant and Heavy Equipment Training Institute (Npheti) in Lae would transform the lives of at least 240 students, an official says.
Morobe education minister Lemson Gilangsaoc last week toured the institute while students were doing their practical in operating a forklift, crane, excavator and lightweight vehicle following their theory short courses. Gilangsaoc spent time with the students and learnt that most were unfortunate and couldn’t complete their education – the youngest student being 17 year old and the oldest being 65 year old. He was also impressed to find 10 female students. |
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