Tag: Education funding
Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to...
Overcoming trauma, Papuan students in NZ now face new challenge
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age
Screams erupted as the sound of gunshots ricocheted around the open-air market. People ran.
It was bloody.
“I...
Tongan MP and former MP couple sentenced to six years jail
RNZ Pacific
A convicted Tongan government minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu have each been jailed for six years.
They were sentenced today in...
NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...
Bryan Bruce: A private school own goal and policy betrayal by...
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
Let me start by putting my education cards on the table. I think public money should fund public schools. If you...
Peter S. Kinjap: PNG needs maturity in political debates and on...
ANALYSIS: By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has entered the third week of the eight-week election campaign before polling commences next...
AUT to get NZ’s first 100% electric bus in public transport...
The viability of large electric vehicles (EVs) as replacements for current diesel buses is to be tested with a project that will see New...
USP vice-chancellor ‘must step down’, says MP
Fiji's opposition is calling on the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor to step down, after USP's decision to de-register students who have outstanding...
Oil Search provides K185m for five-year health, education plan in PNG
By Charles Yapumi in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s oil and gas giant, Oil Search, plans to continue investing money into supporting national developmental challenges.
Managing...
PNG’s student unrest hitting finances, reputation, says education chief
By Serah Aupong in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's long standing university student unrest is costing the country's higher education sector financially, and is also...