FridayJULY 30th, WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS : 2023-07-30 00:00

 Ten Elementary schools in the Hiri and Abau Districts of Central province completed two separate one-day workshops on school social accountability and monitoring tools that will be used at the respective schools.

The workshops for each school's Community Governance Groups (CGGs) were facilitated by the Consultative Implementation & Monitoring Council (CIMC) in Port Moresby on the 1st of June and in Kupiano on the 3rd of June through the Together for Education (T4E)...

FridayJULY 30th, WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS : 2023-07-30 00:00

The Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC) was told that the PNG shipping industry needs a coordination mechanism that will make the industry run effectively and meet the development and service needs of the people, especially in the Maritime provinces and districts.

This was brought to light at the CIMC Sea Transport Sub-Committee meeting at the Lamana Hotel in Port Moresby on the 10th of June, 2021.

Presentations done by representatives from the Transport...

FridayJULY 30th, WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS : 2023-07-30 00:00

The School Community Accountability Agreements (SCAAs) for Elementary schools in the Transgogol area of Madang District were launched at Barum Elementary School (Mair & Barum Elementary Schools SCAAs). They were launched by Mr. John Kim, Madang Provincial Education Advisor, Ms. Heather Macleod, World Vision PNG Country Director, and Mrs. Wallis Yakam, Executive Officer of CIMC on the 22nd of June.  

Separate launches for the 10 schools in Madang were undertaken...

FridayJULY 30th, WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS : 2023-07-30 00:00

Underfunding the Department of Education over the years has created critical education service delivery gaps that may lead to the country not meeting the targets of Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The CIMC Education Sectoral Committee in its first meeting on the 13th of May in Port Moresby heard that education funding through Tuition Fee Free (TFF) and Government Tuition Fee Subsidy (GTFS) policies have been underfunded or stagnant for over ten years since...

FridayJULY 30th, WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS : 2023-07-30 00:00

The School Community Accountability Agreement (SCAA) and Community Governance Groups (CGG) for Annaberg and Kwanga Elementary schools in the Middle Ramu District, Madang Province were officially launched by the Consultative Implementation and Monitoring Council (CIMC) on the 17th of June at Kwanga Elementary school.

The launching paves way for the two schools to implement the SCAA which is a set of written promises and commitments made by respective school...