Classes go on despite tussle at Mogol

THE kerfuffle over the principal’s position at the Mogol Secondary school in the Southern Highlands continues but the saving grace is that classes are continuing.
Six weeks into the school year, there are no signs of a settlement to complications over the principal’s appointment made by the provincial education board (PEB) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC).
Now the students’ parents are calling on authorities to help find a solution so everyone can get on with their jobs.
PEB appointed Nobert Sembib the principal but the former acting principal John Wangi has refused to let the new principal take up the post and locked the school gates.
Education adviser Joel Raitano said students were attending classes and teachers were teaching, but the problem was with the appointment.
He said Wangi was given 12 months to be the principal when Kiru Yawale, who was appointed principal, did not take up his post and Wangi’s time expired on Dec 31 last year
He said that Wangi was appointed by the TSC to be the deputy principal curriculum at Koroba Secondary this year.

He said a letter by the PEB dated Feb 8 advised him to take up his position but that was ignored and another letter by the TSC dated Feb 12 asked him to comply with the appointment.
“This appointment is not only made by the PEB but it was also the TSC decision and Wangi must take up his position at Koroba Secondary immediately,” Raitano said.
However, Wangi alleged the PEB was corrupt and had thrown many schools into chaos and that he was still the principal as he had the qualification and was not properly removed previously.
He said at first the PEB appointed Pumbre Inji as the principal and while they were having problems, the PEB sidelined both of them and appointed Semdip, the former Kutubu High School principal.
“The PEB is confusing us and is not listening to what we are saying, they think they are above us doing all sorts of things to spoil our reputation,” Wangi claimed.
He said Semdip was a high school principal and not a secondary school principal.
Meanwhile the parents of the 800 students at ther school are calling on the Governor William Powi, the administrator, provincial police commander, education advisor and the national Teaching Service Commission to intervene as there was no end to the saga in sight.