Day: October 8, 2018
Couple team up to help children in Kokoda
Cornelius and Wari Pondo are the husband-and-wife team teaching at the Gorari Elementary School along the Kokoda Track. The Pondos were inspired to become teachers to educate children in their […]
Teachers praised for being country’s backbone
SCHOOLS throughout the country celebrated Teachers’ Day on Friday. It was a time to recall and acknowledge how teachers played their part to take the country forward through education. Teachers […]
Read your way to new life, says prof
PROMOTING reading and writing is key to the transformation of Papua New Guinea society, says University of Goroka Vice-Chancellor Professor Musawe Sinebare. He made these remarks during the launch of […]
Reform eyed for national high schools
SECRETARY for the department of Education Dr Uke Kombra says plans are under way in terms of reforming national high schools in the country. Papua New Guinea currently has six […]
Teachers hailed for their work
Teachers are the best councilors, magistrates, lawyers, church leaders and business people, says the director of the PNG Education Institute Zui Neofa. “Teachers try to be the best despite many […]
College holds first quiz competition
THE Kopkop College in Port Moresby held its first inter-school math and science quiz competition last week. The competition was between St Paul’s Primary, Tokorara Secondary and Kopkop. The categories […]
WITNESS
Nothing much has changed at Ward Three of the Ihu local level government, in Kikori District, Gulf. For this woman, fishing is what feeds the family, but there is a […]
Road needed to save lives
The national Government should seriously look into building a road to link Kandrian district to Kimbe town. My dear mother is from an island in the Arowe group. I do […]
How to catch a fake teacher
I was reading The National on Friday October 5 about teachers faking identities and the differences between inexperienced and experienced teachers. The news was alarming because teachers should be helping […]
Gibson case ridiculous
The case of former Finance Secretary Steven Gibson is a sensitive one and should have been properly handled by police. However, we see that no files were before the court […]