College lacks funding
THE Teachers College in Chimbu needs to develop its infrastructure to produce more quality teachers, says principal John Teckla Kaupa.
The college established in 2013 saw 406 teachers graduating with Diploma in Primary Teaching last Thursday. Around 1,800 teachers it trained are currently employed by the Teachers Service Commission.
Kaupa said the college needed staff and student accommodation, mess and administration buildings. The college is located at a coffee factory along Wara Chimbu.
“We have serious needs but the college still has a goal to achieve and has to use whatever resource that is available,” Kaupa said.
The college has 600 students studying to become teachers.
The college was established by the Chimbu government to develop human resources, particularly grade 12 dropouts in Chimbu and other parts of the country.
Kaupa said the college needed support in funding.
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We students from other provinces want to apply but due to lack of accommodation we lose interest.
Dear Mr John Kaupa, this is what you must do to attract Government Support alias funding. Get your college fully registered as an institution of Higher Learning by getting your colleges status fully compliant with the institutional “Accreditation” requirement set by the DHERST. There are 21 boxes that need to be ticked in order to be issued with registration. The requirements include from infrastructural adequacy, financial accountability, internet services, proficiency in quality of the academic programs that are offered, the qualifications of academic staff engaged in delivering the curriculum etc etc.
One example is: if lecturers are teaching certificate courses, they should all have minimum Diploma, and if teaching Diploma subjects, the lecturers should have as minimum a Masters qualification etc etc. Its good that your institution is absorbing grade 12 output and truly, I agree that the Govt should assist you.
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