Crimes delay teacher inspections

TEACHERS in Morobe’s Tewae-Siassi have not been inspected for the last three years because of law and order issues, a senior inspector says.
Morobe basic education senior school inspector Kwinda Trenian said law and order was an issue in the district.
“This is the third year, many teachers in that inspectorate will miss out on getting registered (for new graduates) or being promoted to the next level,” he said.
Trenian said Siassi had been without a second inspector after the last one was dismissed by the Education Department.
He said law and order issues had affected the performance of the district’s remaining inspector.
Trenian said this inspector did not make the provincial mini rating conference last week to present his teachers’ reports due to fighting in the area.
As a result, Trenian could not confirm the number of teachers in the district.
He said all districts needed to take ownership of looking after their school inspectors.
Trenian commended Kabwum, Bulolo and Markham for assisting their inspectors.
“School inspectors play an important role in the whole school system by monitoring the teachers, their performance and student learning,” he said.
Trenian said the Tewae-Siassi inspectors’ houses needed to be built either at Bunsil or Lablab. He said the Education Department needed to assign a new inspector.