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By GABRIEL FITO
PRIMARY school mathematics and science lessons for Grade 8 students
televised daily by the National Education Department with the support of
the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) have received
overwhelming support from more than 30 TV Receiving Schools in East
Sepik.
A week-long workshop conducted by a JICA team last week in Maprik and
Wewak for more than 50 TV Receiving Teachers, learnt that since the
launching of the Outcome Base Education in the province in 2005, it has
proved to be valuable to both students and teachers.
Senior primary school inspector and coordinator of the JICA programme in
East Sepik Timothy Yavu said the province and Bougainville were
privileged to be the two selected provinces for the pilot project, which
had proven beyond reasonable doubt that it could cause a massive
improvement in the country’s standard of education.
He said in East Sepik, 34 primary schools in all districts had received
the programme on television except for schools in Ambunti.
Headmistress of the Peter ToRot Primary School Mary Molai described the
lessons on TV as very valuable to students because they presented
standard information to all TV students nationwide.
She said the programme was also very educational as it enhanced the TV
Receiving Teachers’ knowledge as some of them were not specialised in
one subject area.
Mrs Molai said most primary schools did not have visual aids such as
microscope, telescope, among others, but were privileged to watch it on
TV to know actually what it looked like.
Mrs Molai said such OBE was proving to be a success for both the
students and teachers as it was very educational.
JICA media curriculum coordinator at the National Education Department
in Port Moresby Regan Yuri, a curriculum officer and four model teachers
returned to Port Moresby last Saturday satisfied.
 
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