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Students Get the Best from Coffee Curriculum (19/02/2010)

Teachers have fully embraced the Coffee Curriculum which has given their pupils something to fall back on when they fail their core subjects.

The Coffee Curriculum for PNG schools directs attention to the human being because it is the farmer that physically manipulates the tree to produce coffee cherries.

Schools provide the opportunity for students to receive an education that would not necessarily give them a white-collar employment.  Targeting its most important audience – the youth, the Coffee Curriculum hopes to see students grasping the “man on the land” concept. Thus, the Coffee Industry Corporation (CIC) Ltd and the National Department of Education (NDoE), through the Coffee Curriculum, has given students an opportunity to be self sustainable should they fail to make it through the education system.

The Curriculum is directly linked to two of the pillar education philosophies of the PNG Government – “Relevance in Education” and “Making a Living” syllabus.

Students currently doing grades seven, nine and eleven in the pilot schools would be the first pupils in PNG to test this Curriculum. These students would graduate,  next year, 2011, after sitting for the national exams with certificates that verify that they have studied coffee farming and possess the ‘know-how’ of its production.

Speaking on behalf of teachers present during the School Nursery Program in Aiyura, EHP, Mr Biwa of Grace Memorial Secondary School in the Morobe Province, , thanked CIC Ltd, National Department of Education (NDoE), and funding partner, Agricultural Innovative Grant Scheme (AIGS) for the Curriculum that has made educating students more meaningful to them. Mr Biwa encouraged his colleagues to utilize and integrate their available resources as much as possible to make the Coffee Curriculum a reality. He also mentioned that very good support was coming from the Wau District administration and stressed on the need of working with Local Level Governments to advance coffee Development.

CIC and NDoE would give teachers in primary schools piloting the Curriculum special attention and guidance because the teachers do not have formal training in teaching agriculture.

The pilot schools for the Coffee Curriculum are Faniufa Primary, Watabum Primary, Kerebabi Primary, Tairora High, Kainantu High, Kabiufa Secondary, Basenengka Vocational, and Gotomi Vocational School in the Eastern Highlands Province. In Western Highlands Province: Banz Elcom Primary, St. Mary’s Nondugl Primary, Keltiga Primary, Anglimp High,  Pabrabuk Secondary and Fatima Secondary School. Pilot schools in the Simbu Province are Yauwe Moses Secondary, Kerowagi Secondary, Papnigl Primary, and Ku Primary School. In the Morobe Province, the schools are Markham Valley Secondary, Grace Memorial Secondary, Bugandi Secondary, Finschaffen Vocational, and Zenang Primary School. Pilot schools in the East Sepik Province are Yangoru Secondary, Brugham High, Bainyik Primary, Negrie Primary, Maprik High and Kubalia High School.

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Updated: May 25, 2010