To boost the quality of its education system, Brunei Darussalam has formed key partnerships with foreign governments and leading international institutions, as well as taken a leadership role in regional education.
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to David Arore, Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (RST) from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
What is the strategic direction of human resources development in Papua New Guinea?
Articles & Analysis | Raising standards: Improvement agenda focuses on reviving the sector from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
Expected to benefit dramatically from rapidly rising government revenues, the education sector is experiencing a number of new developments as the state works to improve enrolment rates and the quality of instruction at the country’s schools and universities. Indeed, education is a cornerstone of Vision 2050, Papua New Guinea’s overarching long-term...
Articles & Analysis | Gender gap: Working to address disparities in academic achievement from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
Improving gender ratios in the national education system is of prime concern in PNG, where male students generally outperform their female counterparts in most areas. Girls tend to drop out of school on average two years before boys; and in some provinces illiteracy rates are nearly twice as high among female adults as among males. Thus, reducing...
Articles & Analysis | Building up: Improving access to schools and rehabilitating existing facilities from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2012
Boosting access to education and its facilities in PNG’s remote rural communities is an ongoing challenge. Roughly 85% of the population resides outside of urban centres, many in small villages and hard-to-reach areas. PNG’s notoriously rough terrain and underdeveloped transport networks mean that many communities do not have easy access to schools...
The largest of the Pacific Island nations, Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of New Guinea and hundreds of nearby islands. A mountainous and forested terrain has led to astonishing cultural and linguistic diversity, even as it inhibited development.