Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra

The delivery of the SBC elementary syllabuses, teacher guides and English kits to all elementary schools throughout the country was launched on January 22.

However, to date, close to 7000 elementary schools are yet to receive their learning materials.

Each SBC kit contains teacher’s guides for elementary prep, E1 and E2 with daily lesson plans, a set of flash cards, posters, 4GB SD Card and its plastic adapter and CD.

Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra said one of the changes that have been included in the new curriculum for elementary schools is the teaching of English subject.

Kombra instructed schools to continue to use the current curriculum support materials been used in the schools to help plan and teach the lessons.

Schools are instructed to teach English as a subject starting at the elementary prep grade.

This was the theme for the Department of Education dedication service that was held yesterday at the Papua New Guinea Education Institute.

The service was to dedicate 2017 as the year for teachers and educators to commit themselves to their teaching profession.

Secretary for Education Dr Uke Kombra highlighted priorities to give children quality education, while the dedication service was to declare commitment to God, family and country to achieve the Vision 2050.

The Secretary for Education, Dr Uke Kombra, clarified that there are TFF coordinators now in the provinces who deal directly with the issue.

Kombra said the coordinators were appointed this year to be the first point of contact for schools that have not received their TFF subsidy. The coordinators then communicate directly with the TFF team at Waigani to look into the problem.

“Any schools out there that are yet to receive their TFF must go immediately to see the coordinators in the province so we can then have a formal report to us.