KARIMUI-NOMANE MP Francis Alua says there has been a delay in the payment of tuition, board and lodging fees for students from his district attending tertiary institutions and collages and should be paid this week. Alua said K2 million was allocated to support those student attending higher institutions and the payments would be made into the accounts of only the registered and recognised institutions.
“This school fees assistance is beneficial to the qualified students upon filling in their application forms and presenting relevant school documents,” he said. ![]() K92 Mining Ltd (K92), operator of the Kainantu Gold Mine in Eastern Highlands Papua New Guinea has announced the recipients of the 2023 K92 Mining Tertiary Scholarship Programme. The recipients are:
These students will complete their final year industrial traineeship with PKL. The recipients of this scholarships are; ![]() PNG's KEREMA Open MP Thomas Opa paid a total of K220,000 as semester one tuition fees for more than 80 students attending the International Training Institution (ITI) on Friday. The money was presented by members of the Kerema Hope Foundation to the ITI board of management at the Badili campus in Port Moresby. Opa, who is also the vice-minister for Mining, said the support was part of a K1 million funding project under the tertiary assistance scheme and the district office had budgeted for all Kerema students in tertiary institutions. ![]() NO stakeholders, staff and teachers should be involved in the selection of students for the University of Goroka (UOG), says an official. Vice-Chancellor Dr Teng Waninga said six officers had been terminated for doing so last year and he would not hesitate to do that again if a similar situation was detected. Waninga said the university had a very important responsibility to educate students to be teachers and such acts would not be entertained. He said students were only selected on merit by meeting the grade point average (GPA) of the programme. ![]() AN elementary school teacher in a remote village in Vanimo, West Sepik, Papua New Guinea has been working without pay for 13 years. Mahney Elementary School teacher Longaar Noukwon said he had been teaching since 2010, sacrificed and went through hardships because he was committed to the profession he was trained for. “I have sacrificed and taught since 2010 without pay, I’ve gone to the provincial education office for help but nothing has been done since then,” he said “I face difficulties trying to sustain myself as most of my time is spent in the classroom teaching, doing lesson plans and I have no time to do other things to help myself.” ![]() THE deadline for all teachers’ resumption of duty forms is the end of March, says Teaching Service Commission (TSC) chairman Samson Wangihomie. Wangihomie said all forms must be submitted before the end of next month. “If you do not fill in the resumption forms your salaries will be affected,” he said. He said more than 70,000 teachers are expected to be on the payroll this year, with the number increasing by between 2,000 and 3,000 each year. ![]() THE New Zealand government’s Manaaki scholarships is now open for Papua New Guineans to apply. According to information on the New Zealand government’s website, scholarships are available for the 2024 intake. To apply:
![]() The University of Technology, despite having limited classroom and accommodation space, has been reaching out to more students through its online courses, says an official. Vice-chancellor Dr Ora Renagi said the institution was also recruiting online. The university started its online courses last year with 60 students registered and would be running its second batch programme this year with about 150 students registered already. “The Government’s agenda on increasing access so we are doing exactly what they had instructed,” Renagi said. “We’re addressing the access and quality issues as well.” Some of the online course the university offered includes;
![]() STUDENTS on the Tertiary Education Study Assistance Scheme (Tesas) should be receiving their tickets this week, according to the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology. Department Secretary Dr Francis Hualupmomi made the statement after several students raised their complaints in the media that they had been waiting for three weeks for their tickets. He said the tickets for the Tesas students who had not travelled yet should be ready this week. School has already started for some students who are worried about missing classes. ![]() PNG Education Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra said heads of two public schools in the National Capital District have been penalised for not complying with the directive not to charge school and project fees. He said the principals have been suspended without pay. Dr. Kombra told NBC News that they are investigating reports of other schools charging fees, and the principals of these schools will also be suspended. "So far in Port Moresby, I'm aware that we have suspended two heads of schools. One of the Principals at Morata Vocational Centre and Limana Vocational. Those two principals have been suspended." "We have also issued instructions for a number of national Schools of Excellence principals to be suspended. The process is still going on." "We have to get Inspectors to the schools to effect the suspension. Instructions have been given for them to do that," said Dr. Kombra. |
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