Govt’s policy reforms to improve education

EDUCATION Secretary Dr Uke Kombra said the Government is embarking on policy reforms in the education system to improve the quality and standard of education.
One such reform is the change from the current 3-6-4 school structure to the 1-6-6 which has already been approved by Cabinet and being used by some provinces like Morobe and the national Capital District.
The National Capital District started implementing the 1-6-6 structure last year.
The other 21 provinces will start this year.
Kombra said that apart from conducting awareness on the new structure, education officers in the provinces would also be consulting the provinces on the development of the new 10-year national education plan. The provinces visited are Central, Gulf, Northern and Western in the Southern region and Madang and West Sepik in Momase.
In the Highlands region, the provinces are Eastern Highlands, Southern Highlands, Hela and Enga.
In the New Guinea Islands, the provinces are the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Manus and New Ireland.
The other provinces have already been visited.
Kombra called for the support and leadership of provincial leaders especially the administrators, governors, provincial education advisers, chairmen of education sector and school inspectors.
He said the improvement in education standard needed everyone’s support.