Day: February 17, 2020
Prison chief Judith, a woman among men
By OLIVE SUKUN JUDITH Tara is following in her husband’s footsteps – as a prison commander. Chief Superintendent Judith, 60, is the commander of one of the biggest prisons in […]
State of literacy, numeracy
This article discuses the result of a recent study which was carried out recently. The study focused on the literacy and numeracy skills of primary school students across the Pacific. […]
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Fight him Any new golfer not well-versed in tok pisin may misinterpret what the caddy means when he yells out something that sounds like “fight him”. It is not for […]
School planning parent-teacher programme
KOPKOPK College is organising a parent-meet-teacher dialogue at the college to establish mutual relationship between the parents and teachers. The main course of this initiative is to engage parents in […]
Institute keen to train
MAPEX Training Institute, based in Lae but with branches throughout the country, remains committed to training and up-skilling the human resources of the country, according to Madang branch coordinator Robin […]
Goi has teachers, students flown to remote school
By ELIAS LARI TEACHERS are key people to implement the National Government’s vision in education so their welfare should be treated with care and respect, Jimi MP Wake Goi says. […]
Cooperation delivers textbooks
By SAMUEL BARIASI PAPUA New Guinea will now have high quality national textbooks and teacher’s manuals for grades 3 to 6 for mathematics and science subjects. The achievement is made […]
Schools to receive textbooks
THE Japanese Government through the Japan’s grant aid for the economic and social development programme for Papua New Guinea delivered more than 20,000 textbooks to schools in Jiwaka last week. […]
Gulf planning for new secondary school
GULF has kicked off a proposal for another secondary high school recently in Malalaua. Gulf administration, East Kerema local level government (EKLLG) and landowners from Lese villages gathered early this […]
Students complete training
FIVE pioneering students completed a week-long training in steam boiler operations dealing with food and beverages canning, palm oil processing, converting heat to energy processing plants. They were presented with […]