By YVONNE HAIP
NEARLY half of the registered students in PNG are not yet in school either because they lack school fees or because schools lack space, Education Minister James Marape said in Mt Hagen on Monday, The National reports.
Addressing students, staff and parents at the Mt Hagen Technical School, the minister also revealed that the controversial outcomes-based education (OBE) was less than perfect and had deficiencies.
Speaking during the commissioning of the college as a polytechnic institution, Marape said despite the deficiencies, the government would persist with the reformed system in the hope of overcoming the shortcomings.
The education minister highlighted some of the setbacks in OBE were in the quality of education received and school facilities. But, he said, the reform was only 10 years old and authorities were working to address these shortcomings.
Meanwhile, the upgrading of the
The Mt Hagen Polytechnic Institution would enrol its first intakes in 2014.
It is one of four such institutions in the country, and the only one for the highlands region.
He also revealed that 47% of registered students throughout the country were yet to be in schools due to school fee-related issues.
Despite these problems, Marape said the reformed system was aimed at providing more opportunities for students to progress through the various levels of education.
He cited the four national high schools, which were taking in a limited number of Grade 10 graduates, as a good example.
Today, upgraded secondary schools in all the provinces nationwide are providing Grade 10 students the opportunity to further their education to Grade 12.Accompanying the minister was acting
Education secretary Dr Joseph Pagelio and senior education officials, who will be attending the 171st national education board meeting in Mt Hagen.
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