Category: Education
Floodwaters disrupt Aitape’s St Ignatius
By SAMANTHA KATI THE St Ignatius Secondary School (SISS) in Aitape, West Sepik, suspended its classes last Friday after floodwaters covered dormitories, classrooms, teachers’ houses and other buildings. Principal Ronald […]
Gr10 dropout walks away with doctorate
By NINA MARIE TIBONG DWU Journalism Student A GRADE 10 dropout defeated all odds to be awarded a doctorate in philosophy at Divine Word University’s 42 graduation in Madang recently. […]
Morobe teachers may get salary increase
By JACINTA COHLEE MOROBE completed the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) positions validation workshop on Friday and there will most likely be an increase in the provincial education budget for teachers’ […]
Bulolo’s Buang High School students resume classes
By PHILMA SENGI BULOLO’s Buang High School in Morobe has resumed classes after two weeks of power outage, which affected more than 200 students and nine teachers. A majority of […]
Pair to launch published titles at Townsville festival
TWO Papua New Guinean book award winners from the 2023 First Nations Writers Festival (FNWF) will officially launch their now-published titles in Townsville, Australia, in May. They are Paul Puri […]
Youths will build future, says woman observer
By ROBERTLYN KIG YOUNG people are the architects of the future and must be given the opportunity to work towards that future, a woman commentator has said. Arianne Kassman was […]
ITI donates 60 decks and chairs to St Therese Primary School
BY THOMAS DILU ST Therese Catholic Primary School Grade Eight students will have the comfort of using 60 new desks and chairs donated by the International Training Institute (ITI). Head […]
Journey through education
By KEROBIN HUANJO I GREW up on Nubia plantation in the heart of Hansa Bay, Madang. Both my parents are from East Sepik, my father from Nungori village in Kubalia, […]
Unitech to improve facilities
THE University of Technology is looking at completing its dining hall so that it can hold 1,000-plus students, says registrar Veronica Thomas. She told The National recently that the university […]
Foundation opens its national office in NCD
THE Yer Education Foundation (YEF) opened its national office in Port Moresby on Wednesday to help students from across the country to further their education in the United States (US). […]