Morobe teachers told to give their best to improve public perception

ONLY 10 per cent of teachers in Morobe fail to stick to their code of ethics resulting in complaints from the public, Papua New Guinea Teachers Association provincial branch president Mark Nanu says.
Nanu said on Friday that this had to change.
He urged teachers to give their best this year to improve public perceptions of their profession.
“Morobe education division has honoured your plea for leave fares, unlike many other provinces last year, so we have to prove to them in the quality of our teaching through upholding our ethics as professional people,” he said.
Nanu said all teachers would resume duties starting today while students would resume classes next Monday.
Meanwhile, Nanu said the Teaching Service Commission Act needed to be revisited in order to reflect the recent economic struggles facing the country.
“The current act is outdated and should be updated every three or five years.”
He said without such a review conditions that teachers faced would not be addressed properly.
One of the many issues teachers faced yearly was leave fares, he said.
He called on the Teaching Service Commission to review the act and make necessary amendments in line with the current economic situation of the country to help teachers.