TFF policy

TFF Policy dis-empowering schools

Toppled with the fact that the government is facing a financial crisis is not helping the situation.

PNGLOOP caught up with Chairman of the Bougainville Principals forum Martin Takali in Arawa recently who spoke about the issue.

He was attending a financial management training for the Principals forum members.

He shared how schools in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville are struggling to survive

He explained that the TFF policy is disempowering and ineffective because it does not arrive on time.

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Polye ready to challenge suspension of principals

Opposition Leader Don Polye said from advice he received from his lawyers there are no legal standing under the Education Act to execute the suspension of school principals for charging extra fees on students.  

“I have standing to take legal actions because they (Principals) have not broken any laws,” Polye said in a media conference today.  

The Department of Education in a circular warned school principals and board chairman’s throughout the country not to impose and fees on students under the National Government’s free education policy.