Schools in the Milne Bay province have decided to use shift class teaching to maintain COVID-19 protocols with the resumption of term 2 this week. “We have notified students and parents of the schedule for the shift classes.” “The first lot of students come in the morning and have their classes from 8am to 11:30am then they go home and the next lot of students come for classes at 11:30am to 2:30pm and we switch every two weeks” “Entry to the school will be from the front gate and students will leave the school from the back gate.” That’s from…
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The Alotau Soccer Association will go ahead with Season Proper matches starting on Saturday, April 24, 2021. “We have gotten the go ahead for our soccer matches from the Provincial Controller, so we are looking forward to starting this weekend.” “We have about 10 teams each for each of the 3 divisions, Premier Reserves, Mens Division and Womens Division.” That’s from the Alotau Soccer Association President, Mr Livinai Lepani. The deadline for registrations has been extended to tomorrow. Tuesday, April 20, 2021 for interested clubs to register. Meanwhile, friendly matches are being held between on the weekends at Alice Wedega…
“There wasn’t any protocols or procedures in place for the staff well-being and protection.” That is from a spokesperson of Kalang Advertising who wished to remain anonymous in an interview with this newsroom. “There are no policies regarding COVID-19 for the staff and for our families at home as well.” “As a result of no proper protocol or procedure in place, a big number of us tested positive for COVID-19.” 20 staff tested positive for COVID-19 and 18 of the staff are currently in isolation at the Nightingale Isolation Centre with 2 in self isolation. “As media personnel, we are…
Students in New Ireland Province haven’t been missing out on their school lessons during this isolation strategy period. “According to the Circular by the Education Minister and I also sent out a provincial circular to all schools for teachers to make sure they are preparing work for their students from home on a weekly basis.” This is what the Provincial Education Advisor, Mr Apelis Benson said during an interview with this newsroom. “All our school vehicles and boats are travelling to main centres and distributing the students’school work.” “We are also encouraging students that are living around town that have…
The Provincial Health Authorities are not up to date with sending their COVID-19 data to the National Control Centre and that makes it hard for the controller to give accurate COVID-19 numbers. This is the call from National Control Centre Deputy Incident Manager, Dr Melinda Susapu. “We urge all the provinces who are collecting samples, please send your samples on time.” “You need to send the Positive Case investigation forms so we can capture the data.” “That includes the death certificates.” “We don’t have to capacity at the provincial level to actually test using GeneXpert machines so you need to…
Nine (9) new cases of COVID-19 cases where confirmed for the Milne Bay Province in the last week. Milne Bay has only lab in the province for COVID-19 testing located at the Alotau Provincial Hospital that caters for the mainland and island districts in the province. “Only people that show COVID-19 symptoms are being tested due to the limited supply of testing cartridges given by the National Department of Health.” said Ashan Numa, the Milne Bay Provincial COVID-19 Controller. “The current active cases are in self isolation with specialized teams that monitor them to ensure they remain in isolation.” There…
Extreme weather conditions in Port Moresby had forced the closure of a school this week at Hohola in the National Capital District. Students attending Full Gospel Academy will be missing classes this week after their classrooms were damaged over the weekend. The Hohola school had to close its doors on Tuesday morning and send students home after the classrooms suffered major damage from the strong winds and heavy rains over the long weekend. “We have given our students their activities for the week so they can do that at home while we work on fixing the classrooms.” “Classes will resume…
School leavers that missed out on a space to continue their studies at tertiary institutions have other schools that they can apply to and learn skills or upgrade their marks. The lucky ones get jobs straight after grade 12 but others that are unable to can still further their education. The Limana Vocational Training Centre located at Gordons, in the National Capital District was established by the OLSH Sisters and offers a variety of courses, including tourism and hospitality, business and Grade 9 and 10 studies via Flexible Open and Distance Education (FODE) for Grade 8 school leavers. “The one…
Students of Gordons Secondary School in the National Capital District (NCD) will have to work harder this year to enable their school to be competitive with the rest the schools in PNG. The school aims to make 2021 academic year the year for the school to become one of the country’s top 5 performing schools like they did in the past. The Principal of the School, Mr George Kenega said that the past two years, the school didn’t make it into the top 5 but this year will be different. “I have spoken to my teachers and I will work…
The Free tuition for students to study at the Flexible Open and Distance Education (FODE) Centres is only available to students that will be studying full time. Students wishing to upgrade their marks will not be eligible. “Students wishing to upgrade their marks will have to pay K150 per subject,” said the Principal for FODE, NCD campus, Port Moresby. “For students that enrol to do grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 who will be studying full time will be eligible for the free tuition as stated by the Education Department.” Enrolment begins on the February 1, 2021 and will go…