schools

The school is located within Porebada Village in the Kairuku Hiri District and has a population of more than 1000 students which includes the elementary school.

The village has a population of over 10,000 people and this has seen an increase of students every year.

The school started in the 1950s and is now a level six standard with 24 teachers, and is a feeder school to Redscar High School. 

Deputy Head Teacher Kute Nokae revealed that the school only has 15 teachers’ houses with nine teachers accommodated by the village.

This was the message from Prime Minister Peter O’Neill during the ‘2017 Prime Minister’s Back-to-Business Breakfast’ last week.

He said they achieved this by investing over K3.5 billion in direct funding to schools through the Tuition Fee Free education program.

“Today, we have two million children in school – close to half of them are girls,” said the PM.

“We know there have been problems in getting so many children into school in a short period of time.

“This has meant more children are in each class, and student to teacher ratios have increased.

Andrew Hogan of Optometry Australia sees a lot of children in his practice in Hobart, often when parents or teachers notice one of those symptoms.

"Kids won't complain about blurry vision," he told Helen Shield on ABC Radio Hobart.

"Kids who aren't paying attention [in class], sometimes it's simply because they can't see and they don't realise that everyone else can see, because they've got nothing to compare it to."

Education Minister Nick Kuman revealed this today in Parliament.

He said the Expenditure Committee has approved the funding last week and released the money.

“When it hits the banks, all the school accounts will be credited across the country.

“We have not failed in any year in paying the school fees in this country.”

Kuman said the Government has retired every TFF commitment in the country.

Kuman was responding to a supplementary question from Sinasina Yonguml MP Kerenga Kua during the Question Without Notice this morning.

The Teaching Service Commission last week released a notice to all teachers to resume work on day one of the resumption week.

TSC said teachers are to return to work and to the position they were teaching in 2016.

Teachers in new positions are also expected to complete relevant forms before students resume classes.

“It is very important that you all resume on time and complete your resumption form and be on the payroll.

The school program known as “UN4U” has run for years to bring the work of the United Nations and development issues into schools to build their knowledge and expose students to global perspectives.

This year, the sessions with students focused on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, a set of global milestones to which the Government of Papua New Guinea is signatory and which cover economic, social and environmental development aspects.

This is the observation of the PNG TSCF Graduate Network Inc, the largest Christian professional network in PNG formed three years ago.

The network through its student arm in the secondary and primary levels called the Scripture Union has been financing programs to strengthen students’ spiritual foundations.

Chairman of the Port Moresby Chapter Benjamin Ketegu said the network is using especially its first goal which is art and entertainment, to influence this change in the young generation.

Minister for Education Nick Kuman thanked all the stakeholders in the mainstream education and school boards in the country for their support in allowing their schools to remain open during that time.

Kuman said they were aware that only two schools in Lae and schools in NCD closed their doors in fear of the widespread social media campaign of disruption to government services.

The schools were Olekowa, Samo, Palie Primary School and Lihir International Primary School.

The students had the opportunity to learn about the importance of observing road and vehicle safety signs.

Their tours started with awareness on the NMSW theme of ‘Vehicle and Road Safety’ followed by talks on the importance of Safety at the mine and plant site.

Other activities during the week-long observation promoting the NMSW theme included a Primary Schools Poster competition, a quiz, and song and slogan competition.

Oro Governor Gary Juffa revealed to Loop PNG this afternoon following his assessment by air on the effect of flooding in the Kokoda-Oro Bay Highway areas.

The flooding has cut off  the transportation link between the main wharf, airport and Popondetta town.

 Juffa said: “Eroro, Kumusi and Girua bridges have not been washed away; it’s the temporary bailey bridges that had their bases getting washed.”

The new bridges costing K30 million funded by the Australia Government are works in progress.