![]() Papua New Guinea's Morobe government is recruiting English teachers from Australia and England to teach in secondary and high schools. The expatriate teachers’ recruitment programme was piloted by an English native, married to a local woman, who is teaching in Nawaeb Lutheran Secondary School. Governor Luther Wenge said the programme was launched to check the drop in standard of speaking and writing good English of students. “The guy (expatriate teacher) is already here so we will take him to the school,” he said. ![]() Papua New Guinea Minister for Public Service Joe Sungi to PNG Parliament today(Friday 17 March 2023) that teachers will receive the 3 percent increase in their pay. Minister Sungi said teachers are public servants and they are entitled to the 3percent increase. ![]() FIREMEN were unable to save the administration block of the Kilakila Secondary School in Moresby South which caught fire around 3am yesterday, says Boroko Fire Station commander Supt John Ap. He said they were still investigating the cause of the fire, but suspect that it could be an arson case. “The administration block was occupied by the school’s principal and his two deputies,” he added. “The fire started at around 3.16am (on Monday). “We responded when we received the call but we were not able to save anything. “This was because the building was constructed in the colonial days and the fire spread too fast.” He said a staff member told them that some people had tried to burn down the same building last month. PM Marape urges UPNG to Offer Business Management Course as Complimentary course in all faculties3/13/2023
![]() PRIME Minister James Marape has urged the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) to include the business management course as a complementary course in all the five faculties in the university. Marape said while pledging a K5 million which will be funded by the Government to upgrade the university library to a modern e-library. He said the funding should help with the renaming of the library from Michael Somare Library to Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare Library, as well as facilitating a modern digital approach by upgrading the library to an e-library. ![]() THE Papua New Guinea Department of Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology (Dherst) is into the implementation stage of an online unified accredited university education system that will give students and others access to acquire internationally recognised qualifications, an official says. Higher Education Minister Don Polye made the announcement to Divine Word University (DWU) council members, staff, parents, stakeholders and nearly 1,000 graduating students at Madang campus where he was guest speaker at the institution’s 41st graduation ceremony on Friday. Polye said Dherst had implemented the integrated online system for all universities in Papua New Guinea delivering centeralised and internationally accredited courses at the approval and endorsement of the department. He said the Council of Vice-Chancellors had recommended to the department the milestone initiative that would enable graduates from universities to have internationally recognised qualifications. ![]() FOUR girls attending the Popondetta Secondary School in Northern Province, Papua New Guinea were abducted at the St Franciscan Anglican Brothers Retreat at the CTC ward in Northern, police say. Southern police commander Chief Superintendent Clement Dalla said the abduction was reported by an Anglican Diocese priest living in the CTC Ward. “According to the priest, eight girls went down to a creek near the retreat when a group of men attacked them, abducting four of them,” he said. “Police are looking into the matter.” THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has offered scholarships to 10 students to specialise in midwifery, says country representative Marielle Sander.
Sander told the scholarship recipients that midwifes were the forefront of the change for women in the country. “I am relying on you to be the change in the country,” she said. “The journey one takes to become a midwife is a journey of empowerment. “And when it comes to reproductive health, midwives knows best and are the champions.” ABOUT 600 youths in Gulf have been given a second chance in education through the establishment of a new technical vocational education and training (Tvet) centre in the province last week.
“This is the first for Highlands Youth Training and Rehabilitation College (HYTARC) to develop a routine in Kerema and we are excited to take on the challenges, and to start registration and enrolment this month,” founder Michael Goro said. ![]() THE Papua New Guinea Education Department has warned that early childhood education schools established outside of the department’s minimum operating standard (MOS) will not be recognised. Department assistant secretary, early childhood education (ECE), Michael Mera confirmed this when asked on why many ECE centres were still struggling with funding and infrastructure. “School preparedness is very important,” he said. “Students attending early childhood schools are usually between the ages of three and five years old.” ![]() TEACHER Denis Naita has to walk for two days carrying school stationaries, crossing fast-flowing rivers and trekking through thick jungle, to reach his school. “Since the establishment of the Rumara Primary School and two other primary schools in the area, we have been struggling when it comes to transporting school materials,” he said. “We have to walk two days and one night to reach the school.” He is the head teacher and only teacher, and has been teaching the four classes since last year. The school is located in Ward 22 of the Kokoda local level government, Sohe, Northern. It is between the Guava and Owen Stanley Range mountains in the upper reaches of the Kumusi River. The area is mountainous with rugged terrain and thick forests. “The place is very challenging in terms of government services because of the distance and the geography of the valley,” he said. |
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