Model for literacy learning to be set up

The Ministry of Education Human Resource Development’s Literacy Programme Management Unit (LPMU) is working towards establishing a model for literacy learning for primary schools in the country. The model will seek to address the declining literacy results in schools over the recent past, and to re-focus how teachers teach literacy in a multilingual context. With…

Literacy leaders forum ends

A three days literacy leader’s forum for education authorities throughout the country which started on Monday this week ended on Wednesday in Honiara. According Literacy Education Adviser Dr. Marie Quinn the Literacy Leader’s Forum was aimed at bringing all the education authorities together to talk about what they have been doing so far with literacy…

Top achievement from Airlines’ engineers

Solomon Airlines has announced with excitement that three of its engineers have become the first of the national carrier’s engineering team to attain their Dash 8 aircraft license ratings. Revealing the milestone, Solomon Airlines CEO, Captain Ron Sumsum praised the three senior personnel – Clement Ramoi, William Talua and William Devesi – for their efforts…

Divine Word Uni celebrates 19 years

A national university has celebrated 19 years of its existence and service to higher education. Divine Word University (DWU) celebrated this milestone during its Foundation Day morning devotion at the DWU Chapel on Friday 21st of August. Keynote speaker and retired chairman of the Commission of the Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, Simon Kenehe…

West Rennell taskforce

Dear Editor – Allowing me space again in your column so that I can respond to A. Jones regarding the above article, in Star Issue No.5952 on Thursday 20/08/15. I am sorry for him that he falls short to understand the points that I have raised in my article on 19th /08/2015. In fact my…

More countries to participate in energy conservation in the Pacific

SUVA, (IUCN) – Three new countries have recently participated in the initiated International Union of Conservation for Nature Oceania Regional Office (IUCN ORO) Energy projects, as it continues to make positive impacts to the livelihoods of pacific countries. The project “Managing the Ecosystem and Livelihood implications of Energy policies in the Pacific Island States” (Pacific…