TEACHERS’ welfare and the lack of facilities to cater for a growing student population are the main concerns of the National Capital District’s education division. According to NCD education board acting secretary Sam Lora, the bulk of the teachers in NCD are living in settlements which affected their ability to do their jobs well. “Housing is not part of terms and conditions for a teacher at the moment, however, the situation has changed overtime and it should be made condition of employment for teachers,” he said. “Many of our teachers are living in settlements; a few of them are lucky enough to build houses but most of them are either living with relatives or staying in settlement. “The current housing allowance is not enough for living in the city.”
“This is having an impact on their output in teaching in terms of preparation and planning. “Parents want quality teaching for their children to learn properly but a teacher living in a situation like that and coming to classrooms cannot effectively provide the quality learning for children.” Lora said the lack enough classrooms was another problem faced in the nation’s capital which also affective learning. “The number of students has increased over time with the expansion of the city,” he said. “This has obvious implications for services like education and we’re seeing it with inadequate facilities such as classrooms and the struggles our teachers face.” Lora said the ratio used to be one teacher to 30 students but currently that figure had doubled (1:60) putting more pressure schools and teachers. Meanwhile, Lora said the NCD education division would have more autonomy in terms of funding to solve these problems once their submission to be part of the National Capital District Commission was granted by the National Executive Council. The National/PNGEducationNews Comments are closed.
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