Day: January 29, 2024
Sacrifices pay off for Bumayong secondary student
By JACINTA COHLEE THE sacrifices and hard work of his parents motivated 19-year-old Malvin Kalewa to excel and receive the business studies dux award at the 23rd graduation of Lae’s […]
ExxonMobil builds lab for Komo junior high
EXXONMOBIL PNG (EMPNG) continues to invest in education to empower the next generation through public and private partnership programmes. It has done so over the past 13 years. Following International […]
No teacher left behind: Advisor
By JACINTA COHLEE TEACHERS in Morobe, numbering about 200, are still waiting for their postings, says provincial education advisor Keith Tangui. Tangui assured these teachers that they would still secure […]
More locals join IEA PNG
A TOTAL of 22 teachers have been drafted into the International Education Agency (IEA) PNG, boosting the institution’s local teaching staff to 75 per cent, says an official. IEA PNG […]
900 missing, but still on payroll
By JACINTA COHLEE THE Morobe inspectorate division has inspected and identified about 900 teachers in the province who are on payroll but are not in their appointed schools. Provincial senior […]
Recruitment focuses on standards
MOROBE will only accept teachers who have upgraded their marks or have on hand qualification documents from the Flexible Open Distance Education (Fode) centre, says an official. The provincial senior […]
Bougainville sets fee limits
THE Bougainville Education Board (BEB) has set annual school fee limits for all schools in the autonomous region (AROB) to encourage parental responsibility and sustainability. As provided under section 19(1)(e)(i) […]
Maria leaves children behind for Aust job
By MAZIE SELMBIA MOTHER-of-three Maria Lumbi Nomarepa is leaving to work in Australia for four years – thanks to the Lae labour mobility scheme – and hoping to set up […]
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Cannot wait Heads up: Only 30 or so more sleeps before the start of the 2024 NRL season. Can’t wait. No more 2023 NRL replays to watch on TV. Phew! […]
WITNESS
Workers removing the roofing iron of the Angoram town hospital outpatient department in 2020. Inset left: Patients being treated under an old building erected in 1973 by the Australian colonial […]