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2016, New beginnings
The University of Goroka’s Council
headed by Chancellor Mr. Joseph Suk-
wianomb is working on retaining lost
pride to Papua New Guinea’s leading
Teacher Education University – The
University of Goroka.
In welcoming the students to the
2016 Academic Year, Mr. Joseph Sukwi-
anomb said The University of Goroka
is on a recruiting drive to attract staff
of high caliber, both academics and
professionals, to lift the standard of the
University.
Working together with the Top
Management Team led by Vice Chan-
cellor Dr. John Kola, the Chancellor said
the Council will make sure they work
together in complimenting each other’s
work.
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Interim Council, Management paves way for bigger things
From left: Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr. Samuel Kopamu, Vice Chancellor Dr. John Kola, Chancellor Mr. Joseph Sukwianomb,
Pro-Chancellor Dr. Musawe Sinebare and Registrar Mr. Sam Gagau during the dedication of the 2016 Academic Year.
News and Information from The University of Goroka
BULLETIN
UOG Issue 1
2016 January - February

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UOG Bulletin Issue. 1
The University of Goroka interim Council and the Top Management Team (TMT)
Seated (From Left): Dr. Julian Kaman, Dr. Musawe Sinebare (Pro-Chancellor), Mr. Joseph Sukwianomb (Chancellor),
Dr. John Kola (acting Vice Chancellor), Dr. Samuel Kopamu (Pro-Vice Chancellor), Mr. Lawrence Titimur.
Standing (From left): Mr. Pascallis Mape (Executive Officer - VC & Council), Mr. George Minjihau, Mr. Stephen Rere, Dr.
Alfred Tivinarlik, Mr. Leslie Hoffman, Mr. Sam Gagau (University Registrar).
The University of Goroka’s Top Management Team
Dr. John Kola
Acting Vice Chancellor
Dr. Samuel Kopamu
Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor
Mr. Sam Gagau
University Registrar
University Council
The Interim

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By Dr. Samuel Kopamu
Acting Pro Vice Chancellor
THE University of Goroka’s Top Man-
agement Team is pleased to announce
that classes for this year 2016 com-
menced on February 29.
We give full glory, honor, and praise
to God for all that has happened to
this University on the hilltop, as we
look forward to another year 2016 with
optimism and hope for better things to
come.
In fact, everyone thought that the
2015 academic year will not end
successfully as it did. But thanks to our
resolute faith in God, and combined
with the strategic interventions by the
National Executive Council, the 2015
academic year was completed success-
fully with all student assessments done.
In welcoming staff and students to
the new academic year, the Manage-
ment wishes to hereby announce that
work towards providing free Internet
Wi-Fi access for students has already
commenced.
The Management has budgeted
K800,000 for this purpose, and has
already paid the first installment fee of
K100,000 to Telikom for the installation
of Wi-Fi Hotspots at various locations
throughout the campus including:
l Student Dormitories;
l Academic Departments;
l Lookout;
l Student Dinning Hall;
l Steven Eka Library;
l Mark Solon Auditorium;
l Staff Residential Areas;
l Midwifery; and,
l UOG farm.
The network backbone connection is
almost completed, and Telikom is cur-
rently awaiting switching equipment to
arrive from Huawei in China. Once this
equipment arrives and installation is
completed, we expect students to have
free Internet access from anywhere on
the campus, starting sometime in the
middle of this semester.
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TMT outlines plans
Students sorting out their registration matters with Student Welfare Division during the registration week.
Information, Communication Technology gets needed attention

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n From Page 1
One of the Council’s main objectives
when appointed last year by the Min-
ister for Higher Education, Research
Science and Technology Hon. Malakai
Tabar was to bring to normalcy the ac-
ademic year and contain the relentless
student unrests.
“You remember the 23rd of Septem-
ber last year, our one and only purpose
was to secure The University of Goroka
from collapse (and) from disarray,”Mr.
Sukwianomb.
“It could have been an embarrass-
ment for both the country and the
Government of the day. We want to
assure Papua New Guinean’s and oth-
ers, our friends, collaborators, sponsors
and investors that we have secured the
University, one of the four State Univer-
sities from collapse.
“We build for ourselves as an institu-
tion, both Management and Council,
that assurance to the people of Papua
New Guinea and to the Government
in particular that we have secured the
university.
“We will be looking to them to help,
as we move on to push the agenda of
building this University, within PNG but
also within the region.”
Mr. Sukwianomb and Pro-Chancel-
lor Dr. Musawe Sinebare have a long
history associated with The University
of Goroka.
Going down memory lane, the then
Goroka Teachers College (GTC) was a
campus of the University of Papua New
Guinea until 1997 when it was granted
its University status in a National Execu-
tive Council (NEC) decision.
The other two
institutions to get
university status
that year was the
Pacific Adventist
University and
Divine Word Uni-
versity.
Mr. Sukwianomb, who was then the
Vice Chancellor of UPNG was instru-
mental in GTC getting its university stat-
ues. Dr. Sinebare was the figure behind
all the administrative work in“creating
the future”for this University.
Almost 20-years on, these two gen-
tlemen have been brought back by the
Government to chart a new course for
this University.
“As an institution that we all will be
proud of, we are already and we want
to build from what we have a teacher
training institution that provides the
best teacher education for PNG and for
the rest of the region,”Mr. Sukwianomb
said.
“We have worked hard to secure the
competency levels of the teachers that
we train by giving them the content
based education in Social Science,
Science, Technology, Communication
and all the others
so that we boost
the content of the
Bachelor of Educa-
tion Programme.
“We want to
tell the people of
Papua New Guinea
that under Dr. Kola’s guardianship and
leadership in academia and experience
in management of Public Institution,
him and his team are working on mak-
ing sure that we provide courses with
course coding and that every lecturer
who is responsible for teaching a pro-
gram or strand produce a handbook.
“Vice Chancellor on his part is going
to be recruiting some of the best
people available both in country and
outside so we are preparing for – if you
like – the future for tomorrow is here.
“Eighteen years ago the future was
there and we brought it forward, so we
are a leading part of the proud history
of this institution. We started from a
teachers college way in the 60s up to
this point in time, 18-year-old Public
University. A Public University placed in
the Highlands of the region.
The Chancellor challenged the stu-
dents and staff to be more proactive in
the exercise of their duties/responsibil-
ities.
Vice Chancellor Dr. John Kola con-
firmed Mr. Sukwianomb’s annotations
saying the University was now stabi-
lised and running normally but a lot
more needs to be done.
“There are lot of areas that need im-
proving, in terms of accountability and
transparency and these are issues that
the Management is looking at with the
help of Council,”Dr. Kola.
“Because on the Council we have
people who are very experienced
in specific areas that are helping us
Management to bring to The University
of Goroka into the light so that all our
achievement are accountable.
Charting a Government institution’s path to new heights
Eighteen years ago the future
was there and we brought it
forward.
-JosephSukwianomb
Chancellor
Chancellor Mr. Joseph Sukwianomb addressing students at the Mark Solon Audito-
rium during the Academic Year opening.

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DEVELOPING Teacher Education is a
key area that needs more attention.
This was the main point of discussion
by academics from the University of
Oxford and The University of Goroka
during a recent Education Seminar held
in Goroka.
The seminar, which was held on Feb-
ruary 15-19, was part of a collaboration
between the two universities which
stretches back to 2013.
The team from Oxford that attended
the seminar include Professor John
Furlong, Dr. Ian Thompson and Dr. Ann
Child.
Prof. Ferlong, who is the ex-director
of the Department of Education at the
University of Oxford, and Dr. Childs dis-
cussed the issues of developing Teacher
Education and best practices around
the world while their counterparts at
The University of Goroka presented
their experiences and challenges they
faced on Teacher Education.
Dr. Childs said the specific issues and
challenges raised would be examined.
Over the course of the seminar they
looked at the issues and challenges
raised, and what kinds of developments
Goroka needed and how Oxford could
work in collaboration with UOG to help.
“It’s just airing views and issues, chal-
lenges in both context and looking for
ways forward to develop teacher educa-
tion in PNG hopefully,”Dr. Childs said.
The seminar discovered that there
was a need to do more research in Pap-
ua New Guinea on Teacher Education
and on Education.
Dr. Childs, who holds a PhD in Chem-
istry and has worked with the Depart-
ment of Education in Oxford for over 20
years, pointed out that the structure of
the current course could be reviewed to
see if it fits the purpose in current day
PNG.
A lot of discussion was based on ways
the current programme works and if it is
working now for the current education
system in the country.
Acting Dean of Education Dr. Sam Na-
jike said the seminar was a very useful
and informative one where Teacher Ed-
ucation was put under the micro-scope.
“Even though this is collaboration
with Oxford, we try to look at how we
can improve in our Teacher Education,”
Dr. Najike said.
“It is very crucial, very important we
must always have input from others
outside and elsewhere to improve our
practice otherwise we are redundant.
“We cannot do much progress but we
are assessing how we are doing things
here.”
Dr. Najike said the seminar will help in
designing programmes for UOG.
“It is the first time we are having
people from outside looking at it (pro-
grammes) and not necessarily telling us
what to do but they give us a feedback
on how to do things. Just ideas like that
is very useful for our practice.
“There were a number of compari-
sons done between UOG and Oxford
and across the board theory and prac-
tice, how courses are done and so fort.
It was done in an environment where it
was open discussion on just looking at
how it is done.
“The main possible outcome is we
have looked at some of our weak areas
and we have looked at some of the
areas/pathways that we can follow to
address many of this concerns in teach-
er education.”
In 2013 the Director of the Depart-
ment Education and Dr. Childs came
to UOG, as a result of initiative to work
between the two universities.
The initial visit looked at what kind
of collaboration could exist between
The University Goroka and University of
Oxford and a two-days workshop was
held.
The result of this partnership includ-
ed a visit to Oxford on May 2014 by a
delegate of 20 members that included
staff from UOG and other parts of the
country.
The delegates spent two weeks of
discussion on Teacher Education in
PNG and Teacher Education in Oxford,
and learn from each other about how
to improve both universities Teacher
Education.
From that trip it was resolved that
four staff from Goroka join in a Masters
in Teacher Education in Oxford. The staff
joined in September 2014.
Teacher Education
Glancing in on
Academics from UOG and University of Oxford had a lengthy discussion on developing Teacher Education in PNG.

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2016 Orientation and Registration in Pictures
Simon says listen ... School of Education staff listening attentively
to Mr. Simon Wakei (right) as he stresses a point.
Chancellor’s address ... Chancellor Jo-
seph Sukwianomb welcoming students
during the Academic Year dedication.
Geared up for the year ... Students filled the Mark Solon Auditorium during the introduction of
staff and students and the dedication ceremony of the Academic Year on February 21, 2016.
Welcome to Apo land ... The University of Goroka school bus picking up
students on arrival at the Goroka airport.
Giving the tick ... Student Welfare Division sorting
out student registration.

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Payment time ... Students queuing at the Finance Division to settle
their fees during the Registration week.
NBC Sniper ... Lae-based NBC journalist Charles Kekeng found
this flower bed at the Look-Out a comfortable spot to shoot. He
was on campus to cover the Academic Year dedication ceremony.
Scientists ... Science students completing their registration.Shake to beat ... Performers from RaunRaun Theatre providing some
entertainment.
Speak Up ... The Team from The Voice Inc. had a booth set for
their clean generation awareness during the registration week.

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n From Page 3
The University has recently established
the new ICT Committee chaired by Mr.
Kevin Me’e, and the new Media and
Marketing Committee with Mr. Milan
Boie as its chairman. Together with the
arrival of a new ICT Manager Mr. Joseph
Demiao, and his hard working deputy
Mr. Russell Dekka and the rest of the ICT
staff members, they have set them-
selves some targets as follows:
1. 200 New Computers for Student
Dormitory
These new computers will be hooked
onto The University of Goroka network
together with other computers on
campus that are yet to be connected.
It is planned that these new computers
will be located in nine different tutorial
rooms in the student dormitories, so
that students can access intranet once
the backbone network infrastructure is
completed.
2. Trial Wireless Internet Access for
Students
In the meantime, while waiting for the
Telikom to install the complete Wi-Fi
equipment, limited student Internet
access will be made available for trial
purposes at various locations around
the campus, starting from March 16, us-
ing a cloud based switching equipment
as an alternative.
3. Email Accounts for Students
New students in 2016 will be the first
to be issued with email addresses
using the cloud based Google Apps for
Education starting March 14 onwards.
This means that students can access
their emails from anywhere in the world
provided there is Internet access. This
service will be extended to other stu-
dents later in the year.
4. Official Launching of the
Re-developed UOG Website
The date March 21 has been set as the
target date for the launching of this
re-developed website. The website will
have a Staff Portal and a Student Portal,
from which students can access our
library resources from anywhere in the
world. Before this can happen, Deans of
Academic Departments will be asked
to submit profile of each and every
academic staff member, and provide a
description of every diploma/degree
program offered by their respective
schools/institutes.
5. Automation of Student Records
Finally but not the least. We have
recently purchased the Open School
software costing not more than K3,000.
The automation of student records will
enable us to manage student records
efficiently, provide data security, and
improve accessibility of student records
to staff and students. Moreover, in the
future (possibly starting second semes-
ter this year) our students will be able
to apply or register online, and access
student records online.
In making these above announce-
ments, the management wishes to
hereby request everyone to respect,
value, and take ownership of these very
expensive ICT equipment now being
deployed around the campus.
In the past, several computer accesso-
ries went missing or cables were cut in
our computer laboratories.
We hope that this will not be re-
peated, and our new ICT equipment
will continue to be used for academic
purposes for other staff and students in
the years to come.
Management keen to boost UOG ICT
Mr. Mathias Sully
Mr. Mathias Sully, M.Edu Leadership
(DWU), B.Ed (UOG) is a PhD Student
at The University of Goroka under the
School of Post Graduate Studies.
He was the Principal of Madang
Teachers College (MTC), an affiliat-
ed institution of The University of
Goroka, for the past four years before
being accepted to further his studies.
He has 27 years of teaching experi-
ence in Primary Schools and MTC.
From the remote Wom village in
Angoram District, East Sepik Prov-
ince, he graduated with a Certificate
in Primary Teaching in 1988 and
spent his teaching career in East
Sepik, Northern (Oro) and Madang
Provinces. In 2001 he graduated with
a Diploma in Education (In-service)
at PNGEI and went on to do his
Bachelors Degree in Education at The
University of Goroka the following
year. In 2004, MTC accepted him as
a Lecturer in the Professional Studies
Department.
Given his natural abilities and
desire for growth, he was made a
Senior Lecturer at Madang Teachers
College in 2005 and made his way up
the ladder. Given his diverse expe-
riences in the education industry
in the country, he has developed a
richer and greater understanding
of the stark realities of education in
Papua New Guinea. Despite losing
his dad at the age of four, Mr. Sully
has overcome all odds and excelled
in his professional career.
Amid his busy teaching responsi-
bilities, Mathias has never stopped
up-skillling himself through training
programmes relevant to his career.
Contact
Mr. Mathias Sully, c/-The University of
Goroka, P.O. Box 1078, Goroka, EHP.
Ph: 7993 5055 | 72228199
Profiles
Important Dates
l March 8-28
The University Of Goroka
Student Representative
Council Election
l April 20
The 19th UOG Graduation
Ceremony. To be held at the
Main Quadrangle.
The Steven Eka Library

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Steps on accessing the University Library Database
Email activated
Dr. Musawe Sinebare
Dr. Musawe Sinebare, PhD, M.Info
Tech (Wollongong); M.Ed. (Birming-
ham), and B.Ed (UPNG) had been the
Secretary for Education Department
in Papua New Guinea.
He had been the Foundation Pro
Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
when he also served as acting
Vice-Chancellor at the University of
Goroka (2000 – 2004). He also served
as Deputy Provincial Administrator
of Eastern Provincial Administration
(2005-2007), and Deputy Director
(Research Management & Coordi-
nation) at the National Research
Institute (2008-2011).
He is a prolific writer and has pub-
lished widely on the Curriculum and
ICT matters and has contributed reg-
ular commentaries on socio-political
issues in the Sunday Chronicle and
The National newspapers in Papua
New Guinea. He is the author of Path
to Success, Papua New Guinea: De-
velopmental Strategies for Socio-Eco-
nomic Empowerment and Principles
and Practices of Papua New Guinea
Leadership and PNG Vision 2050: A
Critique for the Development of Papua
New Guinea.
“Dr Sinebare is the Pro Chancellor
and member of the University of
Goroka Council as well as Member
of the PNG University of Technology
Council.
Contact
Dr Musawe Sinebare, P.O. Box 38,
UNIVERSITY PO, NCD, PNG.
Tel: (+675) 326 0300
Fax: (+675) 3260213
Mobile: (+675) 694 6284 or
Digicel: (+675) 724 99344
Email: sinebare@yahoo.com
Profiles
For the first time at The University of
Goroka, the ICT Department has creat-
ed new student email accounts for its
students.
The planned project is a phase in the
Universities plans to cover the cam-
pus with Wifi connection for staff and
students.
The email accounts is powered by
Google Apps for education in particular
gmail. Logging into this account will be
similar to logging into a gmail account,
for those who have one.
The interim University Management
has backed this long-overdue project
in boosting student learning at the
University.
Access
First type in the web address www.
gmail.com
Username
Students will use their student ID as
their username except
that they should not include the letter
´s´ before their ID. For example if
John Smith’s ID number is
s2016311000, then his login name will
be simply 2016311000@uog.ac.pg.
Password
The default password is *password *.
Once they login in they will be asked to
change to their desired password.
Their new password should not be less
than 8 characters and not more than
100 characters.
A successful change of password will
lead them to a page that require their
confirmation, they simply have to tick
the portion for approval and they
will be brought to their email accounts.
Step 2. TYPE 172.16.255.4 & PRESS ENTER
Step 1. OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER
Step 3. CLICK LIBERTY OPAC
Step 4. START YOUR SEARCH
Students get new email accounts
ICTcorner

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THE University of Goroka and the
Eastern Highlands Family Voice Inc
on Monday, January 18, signed an
agreement to boost Gender and Social
Development training at UOG.
The Memorandum of Agreement is
a boost for the School of Education’s
Strand of Social Development and
Gender Studies.
The collaboration would enable
the Social Development and Gender
Studies students to access Projects Sites
operated by Family Voice Inc to gain
practical experience.
The MOA was signed by Family Voice
Inc Director Mr. John Ericho and UOG
acting Vice chancellor Dr. John Kola and
was witnessed by Chairperson of the
Eastern Highlands Family Voice Inc Sir
Walter Nombe.
Mr. Ericho said PNG’s demography
shows that the gender ratio is about
equal which means 50% of the popula-
tion is comprised of women. However,
he said the equality is alone in terms of
gender equality considerations.
“The country has a huge responsi-
bility to its people and in particular its
women to engender a culture of gender
sensitiveness and responsiveness in
programme and project development
to address this huge historical baggage
we carry as a people,”Mr. Ericho said.
“Women comprise some 50% of the
country’s population but are under-uti-
lised.”
He said while the constitution pro-
motes gender equality, the government
machinery has not really taken on the
challenge.
He said the policy environment was
now regarded as“Gender Blind”.
Mr. Ericho said the market environ-
ment is emerging for human resources
requirement for gender sensitive and
responsive programmes and plans.
Acting Vice Chancellor Dr. Kola said
the University had a major restructure
going on and this programme would be
part of the restructure.
“We can build this to a programme
that is strong, sustainable and is solid,”
Dr. Kola said.
“People we graduate here must show
the color of The University of Goroka.
We must show that Papua New Guin-
eans must create development in their
own societies.
“As part of this exercise we are very
serious in making sure our academic
programmes are upgraded, reshaped to
be able to meet the requirements of a
proper well classed university.”
Acting Executive Dean of Education
Dr. Sam Najike said Gender remains a
critical development issue in PNG.
He quoted the 2013 UNDP Human
Development Report saying Gender In-
equality in PNG has led to a 61.7% loss
in potential Human Development.
Agreement sealed
Eastern Highlands FamilyVoice Inc Director Mr. John Ericho (second left) and UOG actingVice chancellor Dr. John Kola (right) signing the Memorandum of Agreement
and was witnessed by the Chairperson of the Eastern Highlands FamilyVoice Inc SirWalter Nombe and Ms. Rosa Sukurini.
Social Development and Gender Studies inks partnership
Nominations Open – March 8
Nomination Close – March 11
Screening of Nominations – March 14
Candidates Number Given Out – March 16
Campaign Period – March 17-23
Public Speech – March 24-25
Election (Casting of votes) – March28
Counting and Declaration – March 29-31
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL ELECTION DATES

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THE University of Goroka is setting a
pathway for non-school leavers with
a unique programme to be offered
under the University’s Institute of
Distance and Flexible Learning.
The programme is targeting students
who have applied to The University
of Goroka but have fell short of being
admitted because of lower GPA.
These students now have a second
chance of being selected to the Uni-
versity under the Certificate in Tertiary
Admission Studies.
The catch for this programme is
upgrading students automatically has a
spot in the University for the following
academic year.
This programme is targeting students
with a lower GPA of 1.75-2.4.
The programme begins in March
2016 and over 3600 students have
already been identified to pioneer the
programme.
Director of IDFL Mr. Kensol Rui said
the programme was initiated because
there was a massive population of
school leavers applying to The Uni-
versity of Goroka but the University
could only cater for a portion of these
prospecting students.
“As usual as we see in many institu-
tions, only a little proportion of school
leavers apply to institution as was
the case here,”Mr. Rui said during the
launching of the programme on Febru-
ary 26.
“The institution can only get a limited
number of people while the massive
population were ineligible and could
not come in.
“When we realised that, we came up
with the idea of developing this partic-
ular programme so we can give them
a chance to come into this programme
and upgrade.
“For those who do well in this
programme, they can then be given a
second opportunity to come back to
the University to the programmes they
applied for.
“In the big picture we realised that
the university as a State institution can
also participate with the government
in addressing the population of people
that are coming out. Not all of them get
into universities but more or less we
cater for this massive population.”
The duration of the programme de-
pends on the number of subjects each
student wish to upgrade. One subject is
offered per semester.
Mr. Rui said there is a unique distinc-
tion between The University of Goroka’s
Certificate in Tertiary Admission Studies
programme and the UPNG Open Col-
lege and Unitech’s DODL programmes.
“The distinction is that this pro-
gramme is targeting schools leavers
non-eligible applicants to The Universi-
ty of Goroka,”Mr. Rui said.
“That’s uniquely prepared to address
this group who were rejected by this
University because of lower GPA.
“The UPNG Open Campus and
Unitech’s DODL programme is a pro-
gramme provided to all the Grade 12
leavers with low GPAs.“The other major
distinction is with those programmes,
the institutions don’t provide solid
pathways for the up-graders.
“What makes us different is we as a
University now have a quota for stu-
dents upgrading in this programme.
“We give them preference using this
quota, if they apply and fill that quota
that’s it.
“That’s not what other institutions do
with matriculation programmes. They
only upgrade and let the up-graders
find their own way to institutions.
For a start, the programme will be
offered in Goroka, and the IDFL centres
in Mt. Hagen and the National Capital
District.
There are 3,667 school leavers from
2014 and 2015 identified to head this
programme. The shortlisted students
names will be published in the print
media on a later date.
Mr. Rui said they got more indication
of students in Lae, Rabaul and Wewak
so they will strategise and send out staff
to do enrollments in those provinces.
Students under this programme will
be eligible to apply to other universities
and colleges.
“I feel appreciative with my own staff
who have committed so much into it,”
Mr. Rui said.
He thanked the academic staff of
UOG, the Deans of Schools and the Top
Management Team for supporting the
programme.
The acting Vice Chancellor Professor
John Kola was on hand to officially
launch the new course.
A Unique Opportunity
What makes us different is we
now have a quota for students
upgrading in this programme.
-KensolRui-Director IDFL
IDFL programme targets students interested in UOG

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Creating the Future
THE interim chancellor of The
University of Goroka Joseph Sukwi-
anomb is pleased to have brought
the university back to its normal
operations, completing the academ-
ic year on high note.
Students have completed their
academic year by November 30 and
the university has closed operations
on December 18. The 2016 academic
year began on January 4.
Sukwianomb, who heads the UOG
Council, was appointed by the Min-
ister for Higher Education, Research
Science and Technology Malakai Tabar
to rescue the academic year after the
students had gone on strike for nearly
two months.
The interim council then appointed
Dr. John Kola, a Chemistry lecturer at
the University of Papua New Guinea,
as interim Vice Chancellor to salvage
the second semester.
Sukwianomb said to the great relief
of all stakeholders, the Government,
the Minister and most importantly the
parents, the interim administration
has done a splendid job in not only
saving the University but bringing
back confidence to this State owned
institution.
“The students have returned back
to there communities and we are
very happy,”Sukwianomb said.“The
semester has been completed suc-
cessfully on Nov. 30 and the university
proceeding to plan for the academic
year 2016.
“The Council has also made some
very important decision in securing
The University of Goroka and to make
sure that stability is returned and we
have sustained that now.
“We have brought the university
back to its original state by virtue of
normalcy being returned and we have
had to take some decisions to ensure
we sustain the job we have to do as
the Council.”
He said the Univer-
sity Council has made
some decisions to those
who hold contracts to
perform some duties at
the University and has
given support to the Vice
Chancellor to deal with
those who do not comply
with the directions of
the Government and
the Minister through the
interim-council.
“Some of the decisions
we have to deal with in
terms of staff discipline
statues have been dealt
with.”
Chancellor satisfied with closure of 2015 Academic Year
Chancellor Joseph Sukwianomb
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ICT Committee
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Communication &
Marketing Officer
Kevin Me’e
Chairman –
ICT Committee
Joseph Demiao
ICT Manager
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