DEBORAH Kaga surprised herself and her family when she topped a certificate in accounting class at the fifth Pacific Institute of Leadership and Governance (Pilag) graduation recently. “I hated business studies and anything to do with it and even was not happy with my family when they refused to send me to Mt Hagen to pursue a career in the science field,” the 21-year-old said. “But it all paid off and I’m proud to say that my dad knew what was best for me.” Kaga, of Morobe and Eastern Highlands parentage, is the eldest of four siblings. She did her primary schooling (grades 1-8) at the Carr Memorial Primary School and then completed high school at Koiari Park Adventist School at 17-Mile. “I loved science so I streamed into the chemistry and physics class in grades 11 and 12 at Koiari Park,” she said. THE Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) is looking to establish police college campuses in other parts of the country, says deputy commissioner Joanne Clarkson. Clarkson said that they were already in talks with New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, one of their development partners, to use pieces of land provided in West New Britain to set up part of the campus. “We’re being pushed by Government to increase numbers quickly, and the college at Bomana has a limited capacity,” she said. “The current college set up can only cater for 560 trainees; that’s 60 at the officer cadet wing and 500 if we squeeze people up at the recruit facility.” FIVE aspects top the list in the transfer of education functions to Bougainville.
Education Minister Jimmy Uguro met with his Bougainville counterpart Thomas Pata’aku recently and discussed transfers. The meeting was attended by secretary for education for Bougainville Joel Nava, Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra and Teaching Service Commission (TCS) chairman Samson Wangihomie Kombra urged the Bougainville education minister and government to work with the department to have the functions fully transferred. EDUCATION in Porgera, Enga, has been severely hampered because of safety and security concerns of teachers. Continuous law and order issues experienced in the area had seen lessons at Porgera Secondary School being affected as many teachers had left, citing safety as their main concern. Teaching Service Commission chairman Samson Wangihomie said teacher’s safety was paramount. “If they feel threatened and the communities are not respecting them and not looking after them ,they will leave,” he said. Wangihomie said this in response to concerns raised by the students who had also protested to authorities. Reports from the three-day national conference on alcohol and drug abuse by Jesher Tilto, Joy Olali and Antoinette Poivi PASTORS and counsellors must be appointed in PNG Government schools to help reduce alcohol and drug abuses, Higher Education Research Science and Technology Department secretary Prof Fr Jan Czuba says. “The anti-socio-economic issue cannot be reduced or resolved unless there is a holistic approach to guide students to reject the abuses,” he added. A LACK of resources and funds is hindering the growth of National Higher and Technical Education, its board chairman Dr Philip Kereme says.
“We hope to resolve funding issues and fund education institutions adequately,” he added. “We will look at the resources that we have within the system and see how best we can mobilise the resources to fund education, research, science and technology. “There are many areas that need proper addressing but for now, we will focus on resource mobilisation,” he said. TEACHER Bonita Amepou believes that early childhood education and development is important.
And if everyone can contribute to raising basic literacy standards in the communities through sustainable community early childhood programmes, then children could be prepared for effective learning in primary schools. Amepou, 40, from Mekeo in Central and Tanggu in Bogia, Madang, is a single parent to her three children. Her eldest daughter is a person with disability, her second son is studying at Don Bosco Technical School in Chimbu and her youngest is in grade eight at Holy Spirit Primary in Madang. “My family has a generation of educators,” she said. SIX Papua New Guineans have been granted the Monbukagakusho scholarships to do their post graduate and specialised training studies in Japanese universities and colleges this year.
The programme is granted under the government of Japan through its Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEXT). Japanese ambassador Nobuyuki Watanabe during a send-off reception encouraged the students to make full use of this opportunity to experience Japan. Watanabe told them to interact with the people and to get to know their culture. Dahlia was named after her mother’s favorite flower, the Dahlia. Her mother grows Dahlias every year to decorate their Church each Sunday. Her mother’s hard work and joy in service has always inspired Dahlia. Dahlia grew up in a Christian home and feels God placed the dream of becoming a missionary pilot in her heart at six years of age. When she was 16years old, Dahlia went to a Youth Convention. When the pastor preached about getting to know the Lord as her personal Lord and Savior, she gave her life to Christ. She then understood what it meant to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior, and to have that intimate relationship with Jesus. PNG PRIME Minister James Marape has commended student leaders of the country’s tertiary institutions for organizing a forum that saw him and the Opposition Leader come together to discuss issues of national importance. The Prime Minister said students have shown a high level of maturity in allowing for a “first of its kind discussion” that he wants to see continue into the future. “I appreciate their maturity for setting standards on how universities, as institutions of higher learning and intellectual discourse, can take leadership rationally and responsibly while allowing for debate on national issues to take place,” said PM Marape. “This forum was well organized; the students were mature and well behaved. |
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