TWO secondary school students are in trouble with the law over two different incidents.
In Goroka, a grade 10 student was fined K1000 or in default 12 months’ imprisonment after being found guilty of damaging the windscreen of a vehicle. The Goroka district court heard he did that while under the influence of alcohol. On Madang, a grade 9 girl has been charged with wounding her classmate in the school ground.
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ONE of Ginigoada Business Development Foundation’s early learning centres in Mirigini has launched its curriculum on early childhood development in Port Moresby yesterday.
It is the foundation’s pilot project that will be shared with its other centres in the National Capital District, Central and Morobe. The project is supported by the Ginigoada Foundation and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef). PEOPLE of Bulolo in Morobe will have a technical vocational school – thanks to a K3 million funding from the European Union.
The Bulolo Technical Vocational School and Umi Technical Vocational School are recipients of the EU-funded Human Resource Development Programme phase two. The EU has selected 10 TVET schools around the country to be part of the project, costing more than K37.5 million. National Planning and Monitoring Department aid coordinator Yvonne Vavine said infrastructures would be built and equipment supplied. THERE is no excuse for Papua New Guineans to say there is no job, says an institute executive director.
“Unemployment has increased in the country and there is no excuse for us to say we cannot find jobs,” Asia Pacific Institute of Social, Economic and Technical Studies director Thomas Phillar said. “The government needs to identify areas where the country can make more revenues and there are many avenues where we can make money from. “All there is to do is to identify job avenues and train the youths who are not able to continue with their education.” He said driving, fishing, gold-finding were some of the avenues for making more money. “There are some jobs that we don’t need to learn the alphabet to get employed,” Phillar said. “Just give them the equipment and they can go out there like fishing and come back and sell it to our hotels and restaurants. “They just need the basic hands-on skills which most of them are good at.” Speaking at the launch of the institute’s corporate training programme, Phillar said he discovered that old age care in the US and Australia was a great opportunity to earn money . “Just send some youths to our institute, we can train them for a year and then send them overseas to work,” he said He said there were so many things one could do to generate an income. He encouraged business and state organisations present at the launching to create a better network of partnership to enable the institute to work with them. The National SAINT Charles Lwanga Secondary School is leading with 759 points as school debaters prepared for the next round in the Em Stret School challenge.
Speaker Rex Appo, 18, said: “Representing our school is an honour and we are privileged to be given this opportunity to participate and learn from it. “We are building ourselves with the help of the teachers, mentors, judges and coaches. “My team is also thankful to the people who work tirelessly to make this happen for us to learn. “The challenge is not yet over and we aim to work harder to be better in the next round. “Public specking is a tool we can use to influence people. It shows you are confident and it takes you places.” In second place is Port Moresby International School, followed by De La Salle Secondary, Kopkop College, Gerehu Seconday and Kilakila Secondary. Don Bosco Techical School and Iarowari Secondary bowed out of the semi-finals. Kwikila Secondary and Waigani Christian College pulled out in the last minute. STUDENTS should not be “held to ransom” by institutions over delays in subsidy payments from the Government, says Department of Higher Education Research Science and Technology (DHERST) Secretary Fr Jan Czuba.
He told The National that students who met academic requirements and had paid all fees were entitled to graduate and receive their qualification documents. “A student has done her or his work by advancing academically,” Fr Czuba said. “It is not the fault of a student that the TESAS (Tertiary Education Students Assistance Scheme) is delayed. “No higher education institution can stop a student from graduating or withhold diplomas or other qualification because TESAS fees are outstanding. “It is simply not right.” He said this in response to concerns that Port Moresby Business College was withholding certificates from students due to payment delays from DHERST. “Payments are made each semester,” Fr Czuba said. “DHERST already made semester one TESAS payments in September 2017. “Therefore, only semester two payments of K597,585.60 for Port Moresby Business College are currently outstanding. “This is the same situation for all other higher education institutions in PNG and not the Port Moresby Business College alone.” Fr Czuba said semester two payment delays were due the global economic challenges and students should not be held responsible for this. “The Government is very much committed to addressing this situation,” he said. “The Department of Treasury has released additional funding in December to deal with the TESAS payments issue. “The final payment for semester two for Port Moresby Business College and other institutions is currently pending clearance from the Department of Finance, which is a standard process. “The DHERST is working closely with the Department of Finance to ensure payments are made to all institutions. “The DHERST would like to advise all higher education institutions that the government is committed to making the TESAS payment. “Not allowing students to graduate and withholding document qualifications is legally and ethically wrong.” TEACHERS in Jiwaka finally received their leave fares on Tuesday and yesterday after the provincial government intervened.
Governor Dr William Tongamp gave directions for the use of provincial service improvement programme funds to pay teachers’ leave fares. Provincial education adviser and deputy chairman of the provincial education board, Erwin Us, said yesterday that teachers were being paid. “Our governor helped us with K364,840 to pay their leave fares and gave us another K35,160 to charter Missionary Aviation Fellowship aircraft for teachers in remote areas like Kambia and Jimi district,” he said. Us said that teachers teaching in remote schools would be flying to their respective schools on charter flights. “On behalf of the education division in the province and teachers, I want to thank our governor for assisting in paying my teachers’ leave fares,” he said. Us said that while teachers in other Highlands provinces were still waiting for their leave fares, Jiwaka government has assisted its teachers. He said that education has been one of Tongamp’s top priorities over the years and has continued to support teachers. Us urged the teachers to enjoy their holiday safely with their families and return to their schools on time. He said that all teachers must be at their respective schools to fill in their resumption forms for his office to submit to the pay office to process their pay at the start of the school year. The National |
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