Four officers of the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD) are among hundreds of Solomon Islands students’ who received their academic qualification as graduates of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in a graduation ceremony held on 29th October, 2021 in Honiara.
Students of Tau School in Northeast Guadalcanal get a taste of the cultures of other Pacific island countries during the ‘The Pacific Way’ Concert program which the school successfully held recently.
The country today celebrated the 2021 World Teachers’ Day in Honiara. More than 50 schools in Honiara and Guadalcanal took part in the celebration. The theme for this year’s World Teachers’ Day is “Teachers at the Heart of Change Today and Beyond.” The theme recognizes teachers for their tireless…
Solomon Islands primary pupils are performing well in the regional Pacific Islands and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) compared to other Pacific Islands countries.
A weeklong National education conference opens at Gizo, Western Province today. The education conference brings together heads of education authorities in the country to discuss ways forward for education in the country.
The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) calls on students and Fees payers to pay up all their outstanding fees before enrolling for the second semester of 2021. The call came after students and fee payers still owed the University nearly a hundred thousand dollars of outstanding fees.
The National Government together with the Solomon Islands National University and other stakeholders launched the University’s newly built faculty of Education and Humanities complex in Honiara this morning.
The new Education bill is expected to go before the Parliament this year, 2021. The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, (MEHRD), is currently working on this historic bill as the current Education Act has been existed for over 40 years.
The online application for the 2020-2021 Scholarships has officially launches today, in Honiara. The Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and Skills Authority ((SITESA) within the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MERHD) launches the online application platform.
Examination classes in schools throughout the country are called on to resume classes next week, April 27th. The Ministry of education recalled these classes except for schools within the emergency zones and those at the border.
All schools throughout the country has been instructed to close operations by the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, as a precautionary measure to protect all citizens from coronavirus.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development has today acted on the Prime Minister’s nationwide call for the closure of all schools in Honiara and Guadalcanal Province as an additional measure to combat the COVID-19. Permanent Secretary for the Ministry Dr.
The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) Education Authority will soon ban the sale of all sugary and oily foods from its schools in the country. ACOM Education Secretary, Desmond Waita confirmed, the move was to cut down on the ever increasing trend of non-communicable diseases in the country.
Solomon Islands Government Scholarships may have been secretly sold to certain members of the public. It is believed, the act involved a number of staff within the National Training Unit of the Education Ministry.
“We want it to be the best in the region.” These were the words of Dr. Kofi Apreku, head of the Solomon Islands National University’s School of Fisheries at Ranadi, East Honiara. The department was only revived early last year, with an intake of 51 students. It was defunct for a while, until a $40
The first batch of exam results have been officially released, beginning with Forms three and five today. Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Treasury, Manasseh Sogavare signed the official release.
Students enrolling for a program or course at the Solomon Islands National University, SINU, will have to dig deep to pay for their fees as of next year. The university confirmed, the decision to increase next year’s tuition fees was endorsed and approved by the University Council.
The Solomon Islands National University, SINU, has commended fee payers who honored its call to settle their outstanding fee payments. SINU in a statement yesterday said, it has received payments of outstanding fees from student sponsors since 31st October, the deadline for payments.
The work of two Melanesian students studying at the University of the South Pacific under Australia Awards Pacific Scholarships, AAPS, have been published as educational resources.
The Solomon Islands National University, SINU, is operating as normal despite closure reports that surfaced in the print media lately. In a recent media statement sent to SIBC News, the university described reports circulating in the print and social media on closure plans as “totally baseless,…
