A TEACHER says the standard of education will only change when the welfare and working condition of teachers are prioritised by the Education Department. Badihagwa Technical Secondary School principal Maru Bala said during celebrations for the International Teachers Day yesterday the Government continued to talk about improving the standard of education but ignore the plight of teachers. “Teachers are the architects of the education system yet our conditions remains the same year in and year out. “Unless and until teachers’ conditions are improved, our education standard will never improve,” Bala said. He said more attention should be given to teachers’ accommodation and pay. Badihagwa has 59 teachers but only 20 staff quarters.
So some teachers had to find accommodation elsewhere. “We have no (proper) accommodation allowance. “The only housing allowance we receive is the K70 (per fortnight) which has been in place since the colonial days,” he said. “How can we attract good teachers to come into the school and improve the standard of education when there are no houses to accommodate them?” He said some new teachers had been working without pay for almost 10 months now. One of them, Serah Loi-Nou said: “I have been teaching without pay for almost eight months now. I haven’t heard anything why I’m without pay.” Meanwhile, teachers in the Wampar local level government of Huon Gulf gathered at the LLG headquarters in Nadzab to celebrate. The National/PNGEducationNews Next : Prime Minister Marape Family To Feed School Children Comments are closed.
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