Day: November 19, 2018
Students told to look after their education
By PATRICIA TURLOM TOURISM, Arts and Culture Minister and Kokopo MP Emil Tammur told Our Lady of Sacred Heart (OLSH) Vunapope Secondary School students that education is their life and […]
Park hits 22,000 mark
STAFF from the Education department of Port Moresby Nature Park celebrated the inaugural International Day of Zoo and Aquarium educators recently. The park reflected on successfully educating around 22,000 NCDC […]
170,000 grade 8 pupils miss out
By DOROTHY MARK STATISTICS have shown that nearly 170,000 grade 8 students in Madang have been pushed out of school since 1996 when the top-up programme started. Provincial grade 8 […]
Under-trained teachers get extra courses
OVER 200 under-trained teachers will take Lahara courses on postgraduate Diploma in Education and Post Vocation Teacher Education this Christmas. The course is offered jointly by the University of Goroka […]
Give priority to tech centres, says principal
By PETER WARI TECHNICAL Vocational Education Training (Tvet) centres should be given priority because they absorb school leavers who have problems with the law, says a principal. Mendi Tvet principal […]
Be responsible for your children’s education, parents told
PARENTS of students attending the Fr Peter Secondary School in Fatima, Jiwaka, have been told to take full responsibility of their children’s education. Principal John Aipeta said parents have an […]
WITNESS
This is the current condition of the Usino Bundi road, in Madang. people struggling every day to access basic goods and service. While a local contractor is trying to upgrade […]
Obstacles to progress
Papua New Guinea has always been a blessed nation but poor leadership, bad governance and corruption have delayed its progress and development. We hear of huge World Bank and ADB-funded […]
Health worries
PERSONAL healthcare must be the priority of everyone. The Government healthcare system is not adequately addressing the healthcare needs of Papua New Guineans this year which applies to other priorities […]
Central Bank restrictions
I RUN a small electrical contracting and training company that for several years has been supplying services (engineering and training) to Papua New Guinea. Over the past few years getting […]