750 more teachers are improving their credentials in PNG
05 November 2017
TESS GIZORIA | Kokoda Track Foundation
PORT MORESBY - This week the Kokoda Track Foundation (KTF), the Papua New Guinea Education Institute and the National Department of Education are expanding the ‘Teach for Tomorrow’ program to a further 746 trainee teachers across Simbu and Central Provinces and the National Capital District.
Generously funded by ExxonMobil, the Australian Government and KTF donors, the training enables partially-trained elementary teachers to complete their Certificates of Elementary Teaching and become fully-fledged elementary teachers.
Over the next six weeks, trainee teachers will participate in lectures, practical sessions, workshops and assessments across two locations: 572 teachers in Simbu Province and 174 in Central Province.
Once certified, the graduate teachers will have the opportunity to access government payroll positions for the first time after volunteering in schools for many years.
“The 746 trainee teachers have waited a long time for this training and have worked tirelessly as volunteers in village schools, said KTF CEO, Dr Genevieve Nelson.
These are the eighth and ninth provinces in which KTF has rolled out training. In the past 15 months, KTF and its partners have trained teachers in Oro, Gulf, Milne Bay, Morobe, Manus, New Ireland and Bougainville.
The Central/NCD teacher training is co-funded by ExxonMobil.
“By supporting teachers to further their training, we are supporting over 6,000 children in Central Province and NCD to have access to basic elementary,” said public and government affairs manager Robert Aisi.
The teachers trained in Simbu will provide an elementary education to more than 17,000 children across the province.
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