Acting Secretary for Education

“The changes were made because principals of some schools have not complied with the standard procedures used to guide students to select subject combinations,” Dr Kombra said in a statement.

“This situation has forced the Department to revise this year’s Grade 12 National Examination timetable to be conducted for two weeks when it should have taken only one week.” 

The Acting Secretary for Education, Dr Uke Kombra, has clarified the rationale behind the delay experienced in the payment of salaries for teachers and public servants last fortnight (Pay # 25/2015).

Dr Kombra said the delay happened due to the change in payment processes with the Department of Finance.

The former processes included cheques being generated by the Alesco System for all commercial banks for those employees with bank accounts in various commercial banks. These cheques were then collected by the payroll officers and released to each commercial bank.