Rural education

Expat teachers keen to assist Sepik schools

While assisting Pacific Island Ministries (PIM), Anne Thomas and Heather Robertson traveled recently from Wewak to Ambunti and up the river. 

“We’ll visit hopefully 15 or 20 schools. These are kindergarten through grade two elementary community-run schools supported by PIM,” said Anne. 

According to MAF, the visit was for observation, where the pair evaluated the needs of the teachers and how the schools were operating. Most of the teachers at these schools were trained solely by PIM and do not have further qualifications.