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HIGH FAIL RATE

Only 838 pass to Form 7 out of 4,494 students EIGHTY-ONE percent of form-six students who sat for the 2020 final-year examinations did not make it to form-seven. This was despite the examination offered at a ‘moderate’ difficulty level, ministry…

Mavis Podokolo
January 20, 2021

Education

Forms 4 and 6 placements to be released today

FROMS ‘Four and Six’ national examination placements will be declared today and released to the public. Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) Mr James Bosamata updated this during yesterday’s first 2021 Coronavirus…

Barnabas Manebona
January 18, 2021

Education

Ministry clarifies cessation of salaries of 484 teachers

UP to 484 teachers have had their salaries affected or ceased in December last year because they have been paid against incorrect pay-points and wrong position numbers. That’s according to the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development. These were…

Press Release
January 14, 2021

Education, Honiara, Local News

School results Monday

BY BARNABAS MANEBONA FORMS 3 and 5 school results will be made available Monday next week, while results for form 6 will be ready on Wednesday. Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) revealed this yesterday as parents look…

Barnabas Manebona
January 14, 2021

Education, Honiara, Local News, Politics

Education Bill to be tabled this year: PM

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU The Solomon Islands new Education Bill will be tabled in Parliament later this year, according to Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. In his first nationwide address yesterday he said the National Education Board has considered and provided advice…

Alfred Pagepitu
January 12, 2021

Education, Honiara, Local News

Overcrowding affects teaching and learning environment

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO OVERCROWDING is seriously affecting the teaching and learning environment in schools in Honiara which has led to poor hygiene and poor living conditions. This was uttered by Governor General Sir Rt Reverend David Vunagi when delivering…

Mavis Podokolo
January 5, 2021

Education, Honiara, Local News

3, 5 & 6

MEHRD prelim report reveals cheating happened in exams By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) has released a preliminary report that some ‘cheating’ had taken place during the Form 3, Form 5 and Form 6 examinations…

Eddie Osifelo
December 29, 2020

Education, Honiara, Local News

Go for it

Scholarship application site open today BY BARNABAS MANEBONA SOLOMON Islands Government (SIG) online Scholarship application site ‘www.sitesa.gov.sb’ will be open for public access and application filing as of today. Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Permanent Secretary (PS)…

Barnabas Manebona
December 7, 2020

Education, Honiara, In court, Local News

SINU council refers VC visa rejection to court

By EDDIE OSIFELO SOLOMON Islands National University (SINU) Council through its legal counsel has lodged an application to the High Court for a judicial review over the visa issues involving Vice Chancellor Dr Ganesh Chand and four other expatriates. This…

Eddie Osifelo
November 27, 2020

Education, Honiara, Local News, Region

SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP OPENS

BY PETER ZOLEVEKE II SOLOMON Islands are among the University of South Pacific (USP) member countries that are eligible to apply as candidates for the Pacific Regional Sports Research Scholarship (PRSRS) which currently is now open. According to USP, the…

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November 25, 2020

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