Parents in North Malaita are raising concerns over the involvement of teachers within the region in the upcoming voter registration programme, saying it will have adverse effects on their children’s education.
Two of the nation’s most senior government-owned schools will soon become independent secondary schools. A government statement yesterday said Minister for Education and Human Resources Development Dick Ha’amori is in the process of establishing Waimapuru and King George VI National Secondary…
Almost 5-hundred students have been terminated and suspended of their government scholarships due to poor academic performance. The Government has also rejected applications for extensions this year, saying students who need extra semesters to complete their program of study will have to pay their…
The Joint Civil Society Groups and Concerned Citizens, JCSG & CC, calls on the government to inform the nation if the increases in 2014 school fees and charges have been vetted and approved by the Minister for Education.
The Joint Civil Society Groups and Concerned Citizens, JCSG & CC, has called on the government to keep its commitment towards government sponsored students at the Solomon Islands National University.
Transparency Solomon Islands, TSI, has questioned the reduction of 2014 scholarship. In a statement today, TSI queried why the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development has awarded only 99 scholarships this year.
A SDA-run school in North East Guadalcanal school has yet to receive its exam results and in a joint call, parents of the school want the school to explain why this happened.
The Embassy of Japan in Solomon Islands will be signing another Grant Contract under its Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass roots Human Security Project on Friday this week.
The National Government has officially handed over the keys to a new double-story complex that will be the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the Solomon Islands National University.
Teachers Union, SINTA has cancelled its planned boycott of Honiara City Council schools. Industrial Relations Officer, Samson Faisi proposed the boycott for next week, because the Council’s former Chief Education Officer Don Houkura did not vacate office when his term expired in December last year.
Forum Solomon Islands International has slammed the Honiara City Council’s get-tough-action against its teachers saying it is irresponsible. Honiara City Council Deputy Mayor Eric Tema had previously commented on teachers postings for this year that ‘teachers must understand whatever the Council…
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has said the government will continue to pursue developments to improve the Solomon Islands National University and other educational institutions in the country. Mr. Lilo made the statement during a prayer breakfast in Honiara this week.
Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has said the government will continue to pursue developments to improve the Solomon Islands National University and other educational institutions in the country. Mr. Lilo made the statement during a prayer breakfast in Honiara this week.
The National Teachers Union is still threatening to boycott classes next week despite clarification from the Honiara City Council that its former Education CEO is not the Council’s Education Director.
The Honiara City Council said teachers who wish to get refunds for their leave passage should consult the Solomon Islands National Teachers Association and the Education Ministry – not the City Council.
The Honiara City Council has defended its appointment of Don Houkura as Education Director, saying the Council is satisfied with Mr Houkura’s performance.
The Japanese Embassy has signed onto a 4-hundred thousand dollar grant aid contract with Guadalcanal school – the Wanderer Bay Community High School. The grant is to build two dormitories for the school.
A system overload at the Ministry of Education’s National Examinations Unit has caused inconveniences for parents, students and the Malaita Education Authority in getting their school results on time.
SINTA Industrial Relations Officer Samson Faisi has asked Honiara City Council teachers to ignore their 2014 postings, and remain at their current schools.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development has released its 2012, 2013 teachers’ re-levelling exercise, which will affect over 5-thousand teachers.
