By Chrioni Blaze
Education Secretary, Dr. Musawe Sinebare believes OBE is good and is here to stay — until further consultative meetings with all stakeholders throughout the nation prove otherwise.
Mr Sinebare said a curriculum shift would only occur after a successful nation-wide consultation with the people and when a subsequent review of the system takes place.
Mr. Sinebare said that during an official launching of National Education Board Meeting and
start of 2012 Education year at Kimbe yesterday in West New Britain.
In his speech, Dr. Sinebare said 2012 is the second year of implementation of Vision 2050 and the Department of Education’s prerogative now is to achieve Universal Basic Education policy and the catalyst for that success is through established priorities.
Those priorities are; enrollment of all children 6 years and above starting this year, increased opportunities in primary education, improved infrastructure, in-service training for teachers, church partnerships, inclusive education and self-reliance projects.
Speaking on the free education policy, Mr. Sinebare explained that the government pays 100 percent in school fees for all children from Elementary schools to Grade 10, Grade 11/12 and vocational schools 75 percent and special education services, parents are to pay K30 one-off payment per child.
Mr. Sinebare said 67 percent of all schools in the country had been paid as of last week and encouraged those schools that haven’t opened up a school bank account to do so and submit the account number to the department for payments to be made.
He said he is aware of some schools charging “extra” project fees and said any project must be approved by a local school board and then recommended by a Provincial Education Board before the fees are charged.
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