Teacher postings delay likely

 

November 9, 2022The NationalMain Stories

By YVONNE KAMBIBEL
TEACHER appointments for the 2023 school year may be delayed because the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is being locked out of its office, says chairman Samson Wangihomie.
The TSC and the Education Department are housed at Fincorp Haus in Waigani, Port Moresby. The landlord locked the building for the non-payment of rent.
“We are all over the place at the moment,” he said.
“There are challenges at this point — our divisions are scattered in different locations and not under the same roof.”
Wangihomie said the division under TSC responsible for national appointments coordination was now located at the Port Moresby National High School.
The other divisions are located at the Papua New Guinea Education Institute.
“We hope an agreement would be reached soon by Grand Columbia and the Finance and Treasury departments so we can move back into the building to coordinate all matters regarding teachers.”
He said with the school year winding down in just a few weeks, there were certain group of teachers whose leave fare entitlements were managed by the Education Department.
“While the responsibility on the disbursements of the end of year leave entitlements for teachers out in the provinces have been decentralised down to their respective education boards to manage, there are some teachers whose payments are still managed by the Education Department, whose employees are currently locked out too,” he said.
Wangihomie said these included teachers in the National Capital District, National High Schools, National Schools of Excellence, Flexible Open Distance Education and teachers who taught students with disability.