6 representatives of the Private Higher and Technical Education Providers (PHTEP) have confirmed their attendance to observe the opening of the annual National Selections on the 12th of December at the Holiday Inn in Port Moresby. The confirmed are:
- Mr. Siva Sivaruban, Director of Studies from International Training Institute (ITI);
- Dr. Brent Kilback, EO, Establishment Committee from LUPNG Project;
- Mrs. Margaret Obi, Registrar from IEA College of TAFE (Ela Beach);
- Mr. Alex Gebia ;
- Mr. Powih Popeniu, and;
- Mr. NIcko Alipi from Works Institute of Technology.
This comes after the acting Director General of the Office of Higher Education (OHE) sent out an invitation to the providers to attend and observe the selection process. This is the first step in a bid by OHE to put a proposal forward for the establishment of association for the providers; which will operate independently from the Commission of Higher Education (CHE) but will be linked to OHE through the Institutional Development branch.