Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher
This information applies to any person seeking to join the Teaching Service and to work as a
teacher in PNG, including:
• Graduates from a Teachers College under the Teacher Education Services Division or the
University of Goroka.
• Graduates who have completed qualifications in Education from another University or
Teachers College either in PNG or another country.
• Former teachers, under the age of 55 years, seeking re-admission to the Teaching Service
For a person to be employed as a teacher in PNG under the Education Act, s/he must complete
an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher. A sample copy of this form is
included in this folder. This form is also to be completed by teachers seeking to join the
Teaching Service in the unified Teaching Service.
Graduates from a teachers college under the Teacher Education Division or the University of
Goroka may be employed as teachers by Provincial Divisions of Education as long as they have:
• Lodged an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher with the National
Department of Education.
• Completed a satisfactory medical examination by an authorised medical practitioner.
Graduates from teachers colleges under the Teacher Education Division or the University of
Goroka at the end of a year lodge an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher
during their final academic year. This application form is processed by the National Department
of Education and the Teaching Service Commission in readiness for employment at the start of
the following school year.
Persons whose names are not forwarded to the National Department of Education by a teachers
college under the Teacher Education Division or the University of Goroka will not be
considered for registration as a teacher or for membership of the Teaching Service.
Graduates from tertiary institutions with no qualifications in Education cannot be considered for
registration as a teacher or for membership of the Teaching Service until they have been
approved by the Teaching Service Commission.
This information applies to any person seeking to join the Teaching Service and to work as a
teacher in PNG, including:
• Graduates from a Teachers College under the Teacher Education Services Division or the
University of Goroka.
• Graduates who have completed qualifications in Education from another University or
Teachers College either in PNG or another country.
• Former teachers, under the age of 55 years, seeking re-admission to the Teaching Service
For a person to be employed as a teacher in PNG under the Education Act, s/he must complete
an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher. A sample copy of this form is
included in this folder. This form is also to be completed by teachers seeking to join the
Teaching Service in the unified Teaching Service.
Graduates from a teachers college under the Teacher Education Division or the University of
Goroka may be employed as teachers by Provincial Divisions of Education as long as they have:
• Lodged an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher with the National
Department of Education.
• Completed a satisfactory medical examination by an authorised medical practitioner.
Graduates from teachers colleges under the Teacher Education Division or the University of
Goroka at the end of a year lodge an Application for Registration and Employment as a Teacher
during their final academic year. This application form is processed by the National Department
of Education and the Teaching Service Commission in readiness for employment at the start of
the following school year.
Persons whose names are not forwarded to the National Department of Education by a teachers
college under the Teacher Education Division or the University of Goroka will not be
considered for registration as a teacher or for membership of the Teaching Service.
Graduates from tertiary institutions with no qualifications in Education cannot be considered for
registration as a teacher or for membership of the Teaching Service until they have been
approved by the Teaching Service Commission.
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