Education

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO PEOPLE with disability residing in Honiara gathered yesterday to commemorate International Week of Deaf People and International Day of Sign Language. The theme of the week-long celebration was “Rights, culture and sign...

ON Wednesday, 8 September, hundreds of newly literate people gathered at Foubaba Community School in West Kwaio, to celebrate International Literacy Day.  The day’s activities were organized by the Siesie Ward Literacy Programme. The programme, which has been a special project of LASI (Literacy Association of Solomon Islands)...

BY SAMIE WAIKORI AUKI AUSTRALIAN High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, His Excellency, Dr Lachlan Strahan says education in Solomon Islands is one of many sectors Australia is supporting for the development of the country. Strahan said this...

TWO West Kwaio communities in Malaita Province yesterday hosted Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners. The two top diplomats, who are in Malaita, visited an early education project in Osa’ania and Sinasu communities to celebrate...

BY BEN BILUAGizo THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development says that the 2014 White Paper is an important document that plays an important role in the reinvigoration of the...

BY BEN BILUAGizo SOLOMON Islands is sitting at the top in the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA). This was confirmed by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, Dr Franco...

By EDDIE OSIFELO PARTICIPANTS of the Grant proposal writing workshop that focused on Climate Change and Climate Finance Access are preparing for a writeshop on September 13. This is after the 26 participants on-venue and 25...

BY BEN BILUAGizo WESTERN Province Premier David Gina yesterday opened the sixth National Education Conference in Gizo. He said his province was honoured to host the event. “I on behalf of the government and people of this...

BY MAVIS N PODOKOLO A total of 24 out of 38 schools have been visited and monitored by the National Disaster Operations Committee (NDOC) Education during the 36 hour trail lock-down inside Honiara Emergency zones. NDOC...

Students and youths in the three Don Bosco institutions over the weekend gathered at Tetere Don Bosco Hall, east of Honiara, to celebrate the Wantok Bosco day. The event was animated by the Salesian brothers...