Tabubil International School

The two-week session consisted of the teachers, ancillary staff and students taking part in the awareness. The children learned many new facts about mosquito-borne diseases and how to break the cycle. They even took part in the organised competition and won prizes.

The IEA is keen on professional development thus the training that the staff from Tabubil International School participated in added another skill to their profession as educators. 

On Tuesday (September 12), students from preparatory to Grade Eight dressed in traditional attire from the four PNG regions of; Highlands, New Guinea Islands, Southern and Momase.

The celebrations began with a prayer followed by the national anthem, flag raising and citing of the national pledge.

School principal James Masa, when welcoming parents and guardians who came to witness the day, thanked them for their time and effort in making sure their children participated in the traditional dances.

Tabubil International School caters for children of employees of Ok Tedi Mining and their contractors.

The school was forced to close mid-2015 when the mine shutdown operations due to a major drought that hit the nation.

The school has reopened, this time, under the International Education Agency, as confirmed by IEA director of education Suzanne Savage.

Savage says IEA was approached last year as the preferred provider to reopen the school and continue it into the future.