TWENTY-SEVEN students will be affected by the discontinuation of the New Ireland government’s governor’s school of excellence programme.
The New Ireland government said this came after Lihir royalties, the major source of funding for the programme, were transferred to the Namatanai and Kavieng development authorities. “The implications for the students include their parents not being able to afford the international standard education school fees and securing spaces in other New Ireland schools will be difficult as they are already full,” the provincial government said in a statement. It said the safe and timely transfer of student academic records remained a risk, unless it was managed well by the Department of Education and provincial education board. ![]() TEACHERS are a group of people that are overworked and survive with less pay, but are committed to their vocation which is producing the nation’s human resource, a senior public servant says. Tambul-Nebilyer education adviser Stanley Karu made the remarks during World Teachers’ Day, which was observed by staff of St Mary’s Ulga Primary School in Western Highlands on Tuesday. Karu said teachers deserved the best because they were pillars of society and nation builders. ![]() AUSTRALIAN Deputy High Commissioner Paul Lehmann recently met participants of the Australia Awards University Leadership short course and toured the facilities at the Divine Word University in Madang. The Australian High Commission in a statement said students and staff displayed their interactive information technology systems, library, hospital services and the Australian government-funded women’s residential complex. Lehmann also viewed the library’s impressive periodical literature collection capturing Papua New Guinea’s history with a focus on the education sector. ![]() UNIVERSITY student leader Barbara Bungewa is urging fellow students and others to get the Coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine to protect themselves, after she tested positive and is now recovering in an isolation ward. “When my test result showed Covid-19 positive, I forced a smile and talked confidently. “But when I walked out of the clinic, I started crying,” she said. “Being away from my dad and my younger siblings while battling the Covid-19 alone is not easy. But I had to be strong for me and for them.” ![]() Papua New Guinea EDUCATION Minister Jimmy Uguro has paid tribute to teachers around the country and acknowledged them as an important asset in society. In his World Teachers’ Day message on Tuesday, he recognised the role and importance of the development of students and society “this special group of people” played. “Our role in education is a very important one as lack of education causes poverty and slows economic development for our young country,” Uguro said. “Education is very important because it is a primary need of any individual. ![]() THE Papua New Guinea Department of Justice and Attorney General (DJAG) will recruit grade 12s from next year as village court officials, secretary Dr Eric Kwa says. He said the department was focused on village courts as the most accessible justice system within the communities in dealing with law and order issues. Kwa said providing opportunities for grade 12s would help reduce unemployment in the country. Speaking in Port Moresby recently, he said the Government’s focus was to improve the country’s village court system. “They deal with 500,000 cases every year,” he said. ![]() A PAPUA New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) officer has encouraged students to go for better or higher education qualification before joining the force. During the Central schools expo in Port Moresby last week, PNGDF’s Major Ezron Dekaetavara said it was important to give correct information to ensure interested candidates met the requirements before choosing their careers. “I would encourage you to have a qualification before enlisting in the military,” he said. Major Dekaetavara encouraged more than 300 students from seven secondary schools to obtain a diploma or degree in a technical field, business, science or other areas before enlisting. TEACHERS and administrators across Papua New Guinea are training and working to provide the best teaching and learning resources for students.
School learning improvement plans (Slips) are a key objective of the National Education Plan 2020-29. These documents provide a roadmap for schools and identify priority areas for improvement. Slips are developed by head teachers and are jointly approved by school boards and parents. But such planning is an acquired skill, and this is where the Pikinini Kisim Save (PKS) project ensures teachers and board members have the capability to deliver the best for their institution. ![]() AN education official in Morobe has praised the efforts of teachers across the country for being the springboard for thousands of students in this time of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. While observing World Teachers Day yesterday, programme adviser Keith Tangui said teachers were playing an important role. He highlighted the issues teachers continued to face while trying to deliver quality education to children. ![]() By Robert Iki Leso Over the past years, we have talked and debated much on quality education to no avail. Previous and current governments have thought that quality education can be nourished others means. Like declaring free education or concentrating on the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education. They actually assumed that by concentrating on these levels of education, they would uplift the standards of education. How wrong their assumptions were. With such notions we tend to give less priority to basic education. |
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