BY ELLISON VAHI THE University of the Solomon Islands (USP) has appointed a new Pro vice-chancellor. Prem Misir will formally take up the role as of this month (November) as current office holder, Mrs Patricia Roddie’s term comes to an…
SINU no longer accept MPs funding arrangement, G-province tops list BY GEORGINA KEKEA AS of 2019, Solomon Islands National University (SINU) will no longer accept any sponsorship of students through Constituency Funding arrangements from MPs. In a statement issued…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA THE Grade 6 National Examination known as the Solomon Islands Secondary Entrance (SISE) is highly likely to be phased out by 2019. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) Dr Franco Rodie…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI ON Tuesday this week the Australian government handed over two classroom buildings, one ablution block and four (4) rotamould water tanks to Alota’a primary school in a short handing over ceremony in Auki. The building including…
BY GEORGE MANFORD AUKI ALOTA’A school are full of gratitude with the Australian government for their newly received school buildings. Teachers, students and parents of Alota’a school witnessed the official handing over of the three new buildings for Alota’a primary…
BY ELLISON VAHI THE Woodford International School is helping communities flourish through art. In a social media statement, WIS said the Dreamcast Theatre and Woodford International School entered into a lease agreement for the use of HAMs Theatre building for…
PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has congratulated the first recipient of the Skills Passport Solomon Isles program in Canada. Mr Ofati Leve will be the first recipient of the programme following the launching of the new initiative with Canadian International Training…
By Alfred Sasako PRIME Minister Rick Houenipwela has assured the management of the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) that he will take up the University’s growing debt problem with Caucus, it was revealed this week. Members of Parliament owe…
BY ELLISON VAHI THREE Japanese JICA volunteers who served as teachers at schools in Western and Malaita provinces have voiced out issues they believe are affecting science education in the Solomon Islands compared to Japan. They have identified three major…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA CLIMATE change will likely increase the rate of migration in the coming decades. Speaking in the workshop on a proposed draft resettlement policy, Dr Tammy Tabe of the University of the South Pacific (USP) said such movements…
