By EDDIE OSIFELO IT was slow start for exam classes, mainly forms 3,5,6 and 7 outside of Honiara, Guadalcanal, Noro, Munda, Choiseul bay and Shortland Islands, which were supposed to resume classes on Monday 27th April. This came after only…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Education and Human Resources has seen the need to resume exam classes mainly forms 3,5,6 and 7 living outside the Emergency zones and high risk areas. Permanent Secretary, Dr Franco Rodie told a 4th Radio…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SCHOOLS in the country will still remain closed as the emergency period is extended another four months. This was revealed to Island Sun on Tuesday 14th April by Franco Rodie, Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Education…
By EDDIE OSIFELO MINISTRY of Education and Huma Resources has allocated an additional $5000 (1373 FJD) to government sponsored students in Fiji. This is part of the government’s assistance to support the students as Fiji records 15 positive cases of…
BY CHRIS HAPERT HA’ARABE GOVERNMENT is yet to decide when its sponsored students studying overseas will return home, says Minister for Health and Medical Services Dickson Mua. This revelation by Mr Mua brings to question initial reports that government is…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THE number of additional scholarships has exceeded the initial number of scholarships approved in the 2020 Opportunity list. Initially, the National Scholarship Division (NSD) in the Ministry of Education and Human Resources approved 918 scholarships in 2019…
Private students top SINU’s unpaid tuition fees By Alfred Sasako THE Solomon Islands National University (SINU) is owed about $48 million in unpaid tuition fees with more than half the amount owed by private students, it was revealed yesterday. Insiders…
Most of the female students will pursue Bachelor, Diploma and certificates at Solomon Islands National University, USP Honiara campus, regional universities in Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Asia. They will be joined by the remaining 406 male recipients…
By EDDIE OSIFELO THREE Solomon Islands students will travel to China on Saturday to do their degree programme for the next four years. They are: Shadie Haikau who will do Bachelor of International Relation at Beijing International Studies University; Bently…
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU THE number of SIG-students terminated has dropped significantly this year, semester 1. Education Ministry (MEHRD) Permanent Secretary tells Island Sun that this semester’s number of terminated students is the lowest ever. Every year, the number of Government…
