OXFORD AND GOROKA UNIVERSITIES COLLABORATE

Vice Chancellor of the University of Goroka Dr Gairo Onagi said the partnership will improve education in Papua New Guinea.

Dr Onagi said the outcome of the negotiations and planning came to fruition when 18 Papua New Guinea Maths, Science and language teachers and lecturers, secondary school standard officers, principals of teacher training institutions and heads of provincial education departments, traveled to Oxford University, for a two weeks intensive in-service training.

Meanwhile, Former Australian Senator and Oxford University alumni Mr Bill O’Chee said the country will eventually benefit from the arrangement other than just the participants.

He adds, Oxford aims to make teaching the best trained and most respected profession in PNG.
Mr O’Chee said, from personal experience, going to Oxford is a life changing experience. It changes the whole way one think and see the world.

He believes, the experience will help them improve life for all of their fellow citizens.