PNG DataCo Ltd is supporting digital transformation in sectors such as education, law and order, and health among others, says chief executive officer Paul Komboi.
Komboi said under the organisation’s community service obligation (CSO) programmes, PNG DataCo had connected certain secondary schools across the country that were piloting the Stem (science technology engineering and math) programme. He said last year, they expanded K6 million on the CSO programmes nationwide. ![]() PNG EDUCATION Minister Jimmy Uguro says around 800 department employees are preparing to move into their new offices at Vulupindi House in Waigani, Port Moresby. Uguro said the employees were arranging to bring their files from their former offices at FinCorp Haus which they were evicted from late last year. Uguro and Secretary Dr Uke Kombra have already moved to Vulupindi House. Meanwhile, Kombra said K191.6 million was the first term payment to all the schools – K151.6 million for tuition fees and K40 million for project fees. NAWAEB Lutheran High School in the Morobe Province has been elevated to secondary school last Wednesday with the opening of two four-in-one classrooms and intakes of first Grade 11 students.
The school also commissioned five staff houses for teachers and the principal last week to house heads of departments. Principal Besi Simongi said there had been much talk for Nawaeb to have its own secondary because many times students completing Grade 10 had been selected to do Grade 11 and 12 at Bumayong, Busu, Lae and Bugandi secondary schools. “Because of school fights, many of the students never make into the higher institutions with 50 per cent of them returning to their villages. “With my appointment in 2021, former Nawaeb MP Kennedy Wenge’s vision was to upgrade the school to a secondary status and for the last two years, we had been negotiating with concerned authorities in Port Moresby and the given green light last year,” he said. PRESENTING a research paper at the 56th Annual Medical Symposium in Port Moresby in September last year in front of doctors and professors was something Winnie Sagiu never expected.
The Australia Awards short course graduate was surprised to be acknowledged for her commitment and passion for research. “I was so excited at first when I heard that my paper had been accepted by the Scientific Research Committee for presentation,” she said. “Then I was nervous and doubted myself. I felt inferior, as I am just a diploma and graduate certificate holder who will be presenting in front of these professionals. ![]() THE unemployment rate in Papua New Guinea is very high although there are “little statistics” provided on it, and a solution may lie in incentivising manufacturing, says a businessman. City Pharmacy Ltd (CPL) Group founder Sir Mahesh Patel made the statement after watching hundreds of job-seekers queuing at the Vision City Mega Mall car park in Port Moresby on Saturday, hoping to be interviewed for a few vacancies advertised by The Stanley Hotel and Suites. “Some time ago, when we did a walk-in interview, looking for 400 staff for our Stop and Shop in Port Moresby, we had 4,600 people turn up,” he said. ![]() The University of Papua New Guinea today denied turning away Filipino student Roselyn Alog from enrolling at the university this week. In a statement, UPNG Vice Chancellor Professor Frank Griffin said the University followed all protocols and procedures set down by DHERST in assessing Grade 12 students through the National Online Application System (NOAS) and the National Online Selection System (NOSS), which awarded Miss Alog an Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES) under the TESAS system. He said Miss Alog had successfully completed her Grade 12 education at Paradise Private School, and following her assessment by DHERST, it was assumed that she was a national student, as all TESAS scholarship awardees are PNG citizens. ![]() Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has assured both international and national students who have received an acceptance letter to study at the University of Papua New Guinea that they students will not be turned away. He says the University will honor the acceptance letter of a Philipino student, Roselyn Algo and they will assist her and her family to come up with a plan to meet her tuition fee. It was claimed on one of the dailies that the UPNG has turned her away because of her race and nationality. ![]() MISTAKES and failures are great teachers, learn from them, say 23-year-old Christina Pore and her older sister, Angela Pore, 26, who were both admitted to the bar as lawyers earlier this week. The two sisters, who hail from Karinz in Mendi-Munihu, Southern Highlands, grew up in Longo village. They said that they grew up in a society where sons were valued more than daughters. Christina, who completed her Grade 12 at the Aiyura National High School, said she was first encouraged to take up law by her teacher and mentor. ![]() BANK South Pacific Financial Group Ltd acting chief executive officer Ronesh Dayal says school fee payments can be made online instead of joining queues at the bank. Dayal said 80 schools in the Highlands region, 120 in Morobe, 60 in the National Capital District, 100 in the New Guinea Islands and 50 in Southern had registered for the school fee payment. BSP offers a school fee payment service through the BSP mobile banking USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) service *131# and on BSP Pay. Papua New Guinea HIGHER Education Minister Don Polye has urged all higher education institutions including the University of Papua New Guinea to let registrations and orientations proceed without disruption.
He said any issues arising could be addressed later. Polye was responding to issues raised by UPNG and other institutions. “I as the minister shall allow all registration and orientation programmes of UPNG and all other higher education institutions to take place without disruptions,” he said. |
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