Change policy if it does not suit PNG

Letters, Normal

I REFER to the letter “Critics of OBE are wrong again” (The National, Sept 28) by Wabo Wasso.
The writer is correct to say OBE has become a policy.
We can change policies if it does not suit the majority.
My letter also appeared on the same day stating that a review of OBE is overdue or we can do away with OBE and revert to the old system.
The writer made reference to the success of only one school in the nation’s capital city.
But what about the others?
Did we carry out a thorough evaluation of OBE throughout the country to assess its success or failure?
Are we monitoring the implementation of OBE in rural schools to determine its success?
We are a rural-based nation.
Most of our cultural practices including our tok ples are still very much alive in the rural areas.
There is no need for you to take me to the classroom and teach me what is already mine by birth unless you want to keep me from progressing in this modern world and want me to continue to live like my forefathers.
Review OBE now and scrap teaching local dialects.
The children of this country need to move forward with the changing times.

 

Kagl Gandai
Port Moresby