About 118 ‘partially trained’ and volunteer elementary school teachers have begun a six week training program toward attaining proper certification and a chance at formal employment as teachers.
The Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) has partnered with the Kokoda Track Foundation with a support of K150,000 to enable teachers in Enga to participate in KTF’s ‘Teach for Tomorrow’ training program.
The ‘Teach for Tomorrow’ program enables partially trained elementary teachers to complete their Certificates of Elementary Teaching, and become certified as fully-fledged elementary teachers.
The Enga project commenced in Wabag on 24 July, and will run for 6 weeks.
The trainee teachers will learn about the elementary school curriculum pedagogy, how to plan lessons and implement them, as well as cultures and characters of teachers such as dress codes and manners to use with school children, amongst others.
The program is being delivered in partnership with the PNG Education Institute (PNGEI), the National Department of Education and Enga’s Provincial Education Authorities.
Teach for Tomorrow Project Manager and head trainer, Petra Arifea, said the project had been run in many other provinces, and had helped a lot of teachers throughout the country in enhancing their skills and knowledge in their teaching professions.
Education is a priority area of interest for PJV as well as the provincial government, therefore the company has made a commitment to support the Enga Teach for Tomorrow project in 2018.