POLICE have detained three suspects in connection with the murder of a University of Goroka undergraduate in a drunkard brawl on Saturday. Goroka Police Station commander Senior Inspector Paul Nacca said Vianny Guken, 23, from East Sepik’s Wosera-Gawi, was a third-year accounting student. “The murder has displaced many university students residing off campus,” he added. “The availability of alcohol and other activities restricted on campus had been left unsupervised.” The Marape Government will soon introduce a revised Education Policy and expansion program, to address unemployment, law and order problems and youth engagement. Prime Minister James Marape announced the Government's plan for the sector in a statement recently. Mr. Marape said the Government is aware of the main issues affecting the sector, and is working to revitalize it. The University of Papua New Guinea is posed to offer, for the first time, Bachelor’s Degree programs at the Yangoru-Saussia District University Center in 2023. Discussion for the programs to be offered for the first time outside the university’s main Waigani campus have reached advanced stages with a MoA to be signed in the coming weeks. A visiting UPNG delegation led by the Acting Registrar of UPNG, Roboam Kakap, was impressed with the Yangoru-Saussia District centers facilities which has two model classrooms and the Director’s four-bedroom house. The Papua New Guinea Government is aware of the main issues of unemployment, youth engagement, and Law and Order and is working on addressing these through a revised Education policy and expansion program. Prime Minister James Marape made these remarks recently, encouraging Papua New Guineans to continue having faith in their Government. He said the Government is progressively working on revitalizing the Education system by streamlining all children directly through to Grade 12 and onto pathways that can support them in life. The PNG Education Department’s office remains locked up since last month since the closure of Fincorp house where the office is located in at Waigani, Port Moresby. The landlord, Grand Columbia Limited – GCL - says outstanding rental payment of over 39-Million-Kina since 2018. Today FM100/Hot97FM News visited Fincorp House, and confirmed it is still locked up. A notice at the gate from Samson Wangihome, the acting Teachers Services Commission Chairman to its TSC clients and teachers, reads that due to the closure for non-payment of rental arrears, TSC has suspended its counter and TSC Client services for an indefinite period. The notice is dated the 31st of October, which had been the last day of a time frame given by landlord GLC to arrange for payment. More than 300 teachers from schools around the country are marking the Grade 12 Examination papers in Port Moresby. Specialists teachers who teach the different grade 12 subjects are hosted in different hotels in the city as marking commences. The marking of those scripts are expected to be completed by Friday this week. There are over 29,000 grade 12 students who sat for the national examinations this year. According to the Measurement Services Division, over 32000 students were nominated to sit the exams but due to election related issues and closure of some schools, the numbers reduced to nearly 29 0000. PNG EDUCATION Minister Jimmy Uguro says he has instructed the department to collect information on students affected by the eviction exercise in Morata, Port Moresby. Uguro said they wanted to know how many Grade 8s, 10s and 12s lived at the Morata One area so the department could help where necessary. “I’m concerned about the welfare of school-aged children, especially those sitting for the final exams in the coming weeks,” he said. Uguro urged parents to ensure they secured permanent settlements so such exercises wouldn’t affect their children in future. Papua New Guinea EDUCATION Department employees are expected to be locked out of their offices at FinCorp Haus in Port Moresby on Monday, because of outstanding rentals totalling K39 million. Grand Columbia Ltd (GCL), the owner of the building, issued a notice of the lockout to the department yesterday. It said that in the past 24 months, only two months’ rent was received, “and significant rent remains outstanding as far back as 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020”. An independent investigation has been directed to look into the incident of a mistake that appeared in this year's Grade-12 Geography examination question papers. Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra told NBC News that Education Minister Jimmy Uguro has directed the investigation and is to have the report ready by mid-next month. Kombra says at the Department level they are aware of the cause of the problem but an independent body needs to carry out its own findings and make recommendations so that the issue is addressed. ''The Terms of Reference (TOR) have been drafted already and we are going to engage two independent investigators with good knowledge of the department's systems and with integrity to conduct the investigations,'' said Dr. Komra. The Papua New Guinea Department of Education has signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will pave way for staff housing scheme. Education Secretary Dr. Uke Kombra and National Housing Corporation (NHC) Managing Director Henry Mokono signed the MOU recently on the Duran Farm Housing Project – Portion 528. The signing paves way for the two organizations to work collaboratively to ensure that the housing scheme is realized. A pleased, Dr. Kombra said this is the first attempt by the Department to engage in a housing scheme for its officers and the journey so far was long but worthwhile. |
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