The recent graduate teachers from the Papua New Guinea Education Institute (PNGEI) were urged to be one step ahead and be upskilled when it comes to aligning policies and school programs set out in schools.
Dr. Zui Neofa the Director for PNGEI, when speaking at the 63rd Graduation held last Thursday in Port Moresby, said that this was a significant time for both in-service and pre-service teachers who graduated with flying colors.
“Teachers must be creative and teachers must be innovative. You are going out there to start your ministry so it is important that we align our in-service teaching with policies and programs given by the Education Department to implement in schools.
“We need teachers who are passionate, strategic and can do the work and there are no other than those who come out from this institute in which I can say am proud to see them prosper. Our policy makers in the education department will also be very proud because they know we have you in our schools to enforce the policies they have created.”
Neofa explained that the school structure and the curriculum reform are being supported by in-service teacher training in which the institute must always align the teachers’ in service training to the policies that are changing, otherwise when teachers are alleviated or away from the actual reality and relevance of curriculum and restructure, then there is no connectivity between the teachers and students.
A total of 191 in-service graduates and 104 pre-service graduates graduated under the three programs; School of Primary, School of Early Childhood/ Preschool and School of TVET. Each have already received their postings in which will begin their carrier come 2023.