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Forty-nine Tongan nationals were awarded internationally recognised qualifications during the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) graduation ceremony held at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in Nuku’alofa on Wednesday 6 March 2019. The new graduates...
THE POLICE hierarchy will now take disciplinary action against any unauthorised members of the Royal Papua New Constabulary who comments on operational and administrative aspects of the Constabulary in both the social and mainstream...
More than 200 staff at the University of Papua New Guinea are expected to stop work today to protest undue political interference in the university’s business. This was revealed by an insider who wanted...
The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) continues to support the skills development of Solomon Islanders through Australian standard training. Eighty-five APTC students were all smiles as they graduated with internationally recognised qualifications in 17...
School inspectors should check and report teachers who have relations with their students, says Teaching Service Commissioner Baran Sori. He told The National that it was part of the inspectors’ duties to report any...
A total of 11 Kiribati nationals have commenced work under the Aged Care sector in Australia to work under the Pacific Labour Scheme. APTC provided refresher training to the first APTC alumni to work...
A nationwide walk off can be expected from teachers around the country if all leave fairs including the 3% salary increase are not met by government before term two of the school year resumes....
A teenage student, who said she was allegedly abused sexually by her teacher at a school in Southern Highlands, says she wants to become a lawyer to ensure children are not preyed upon by...
TEACHERS who have a sexual relationship with their students will be charged criminally and banned from the profession, says Teachers’ Service Commissioner Baran Sori. He told The National that sexual relationships between teachers and...
SOME grade 12 students with good marks missed out on places in tertiary institutions this year because of data entry discrepancies, an official says. Father Jan Czuba, the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science...