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OTHER PUBLICATION Jeremy Goro EAST SEPIK PROVINCE Kilala Devette-Chee Peter Magury 2009 PROVINCIAL AND Daphney Kollin DISTRICT UNIVERSAL Martha Waim BASIC EDUCATION PROFILE www.pngnri.org September 2020 This page is intentionally left blank OTHER PUBLICATION EAST SEPIK PROVINCE Jeremy Goro Kilala Devette-Chee 2009 PROVINCIAL AND Peter Magury DISTRICT UNIVERSAL Daphney Kollin Martha Waim BASIC EDUCATION PROFILE September 2020 First published in September 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Copyright © 2020 The National Research Institute. Direct any inquiries regarding this publication to: The Editorial Unit Leader National Research Institute P.O. 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Cover designed by PNG NRI Digital Media Unit Table of Contents Acknowledgement iv Abbreviations and Acronyms v Foreword vi Introduction 1 Provincial Education System coverage 2 Overview of Universal Basic Education indicators 3 Guide to data sources 6 Limitation of data 7 East Sepik Province 8 Ambunti-Dreikikir District 12 Angoram District 15 Maprik District 18 Wewak District 21 Wosera Gawi District 24 Yangoru Saussia District 27 Summary of findings 30 Bibliography 31 i List of Charts, Figures and Tables List of Tables Table 1: East Sepik Province — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 9 Table 2: East Sepik Province — distribution of schools by district and school level 10 Table 3: East Sepik Province — number of schools by basic education providers 10 Table 4: East Sepik Province — net admission rates 11 Table 5: East Sepik Province — gross and net enrolment rates 11 Table 6: East Sepik Province — retention rates 11 Table 7: East Sepik Province — Grade 8 examination results by subject 11 Table 8: Ambunti-Dreikikir — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 13 Table 9: Ambunti-Dreikikir — number of schools by basic education providers 13 Table 10: Ambunti-Dreikikir — net admission rates 14 Table 11: Ambunti-Dreikikir — gross and net enrolment rates 14 Table 12: Ambunti-Dreikikir — retention rates 14 Table 13: Ambunti-Dreikikir — Grade 8 examination results by subject 14 Table 14: Angoram District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 16 Table 15: Angoram District — number of schools by basic education providers 16 Table 16: Angoram District — net admission rates 17 Table 17: AngoramDistrict — gross and net enrolment rates 17 Table 18: Angoram District — retention rates 17 Table 19: Angoram District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 17 Table 20: Maprik District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 19 Table 21: Maprik District — number of schools by basic education providers 19 Table 22: Maprik District — net admission rates 20 Table 23: Maprik District — gross and net enrolment rates 20 Table 24: Maprik District — retention rates 20 Table 25: Maprik District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 20 Table 26: Wewak District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 22 Table 27: Wewak District — number of schools by basic education providers 22 Table 28: Wewak District — net admission rates 23 Table 29: Wewak District — gross and net enrolment rates 23 Table 30: Wewak District — retention rates 23 Table 31: Wewak District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 23 Table 32: Wosera Gawi District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 25 ii Table 33: Wosera Gawi District — number of schools by basic education providers 25 Table 34: Wosera Gawi District — net admission rates 26 Table 35: Wosera Gawi District — gross and net enrolment rates 26 Table 36: Wosera Gawi District — retention rates 26 Table 37: Wosera Gawi District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 26 Table 38: Yangoru Saussia District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 28 Table 39: Yangoru Saussia District — number of schools by basic education providers 28 Table 40: Yangoru Saussia District — net admission rates 29 Table 41: Yangoru Saussia District — gross and net enrolment rates 29 Table 42: Yangoru Saussia District — retention rates 29 Table 43: Yangoru Saussia District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 29 Table 44:. Summary of East Sepik Province’s Performance in UBE in 2009 30 List of Figures Figure 1: East Sepik Province map and population figures 8 Figure 2: East Sepik Province — basic education distribution 9 Figure 3: East Sepik Province — basic education providers 10 Figure 4: Ambunti-Dreikikir District map 12 Figure 5: Ambunti-Dreikikir — basic education distribution 13 Figure 6: Ambunti-Dreikikir — basic education providers 13 Figure 7: Angoram District map 15 Figure 8: Angoram District — basic education distribution 16 Figure 9: Angoram District — basic education providers 16 Figure 10: Maprik District map 18 Figure 11: Maprik District — basic education distribution 19 Figure 12: Maprik District — basic education providers 19 Figure 13: Wewak District map 21 Figure 14: Wewak District — basic education distribution 22 Figure 15: Wewak District — basic education providers 22 Figure 16: Wosera Gawi District map 24 Figure 17: Wosera Gawi District — basic education distribution 25 Figure 18: Wosera Gawi District — basic education providers 25 Figure 19: Yangoru Saussia District map 27 Figure 20: Yangoru Saussia District — basic education distribution 28 Figure 21: Yangoru Saussia District — basic education providers 28 iii Acknowledgement We are indebted to the Department of Education for the use of its 2009 National Annual School Census data to write the East Sepik Province 2009 Provincial and District Universal Basic Education Profile. We thank the National Statistical Office for providing the soft copies of the district and provincial maps, and the use of the 2009 population figures in the profiles. We also thank Lewis Iwong for modifying the base maps. We express our sincere appreciation to Dr Thomas Webster, Dr Charles Yala, and Dr David Ayers for their insights, encouragement and passion for the project. We acknowledge the efforts of our colleagues, Peter Kerrison and the staff of the Knowledge Management Division, for layout and design of the profiles, the Research Cadets for helping with data downloading and formatting, and Dr Esther Lavu for her invaluable comments during the drafting of the profiles. About the Authors Jeremy Goro is a Research fellow in the Universal Basic Education Research Program at the PNG National Research Institute. He has a Master of Education specialising in research and pedagogy from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. His research interest areas include education and curriculum reforms, understanding issues in higher education, economics of education, governance of education and cross-cutting issues in education. He also has research interest in governance and service deliveries in Papua New Guinea. Dr Kilala Devette-Chee is a Senior Research Fellow and the Program Leader of the Universal Basic Education Program at the PNG National Research Institute. She holds a PhD in Educational Linguistics and Masters in English Language Teaching from the University of Canberra as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from the Australian National University. Her current research interest is in the fight and advocacy for quality education which is the foundation to creating sustainable development. As vice chair of the PNG Education Advocacy Network and the South Pacific female representative in the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic & Adult Education’s (ASPBAE) Executive Council, which promotes equitable quality education and promotes life-long learning for all, Dr Devette-Chee advocates for “leaving no child behind”. Peter Michael Magury is a Research Fellow with the Development Indicators Research Program at the PNG National Research Institute. Prior to that Mr Magury was a Research Fellow with the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Research Program. His current projects include the 2019 selected education indicators of access, retention and quality at agreed geographical levels and understanding the basic concept of Access, Retention, and Quality Indicators in UBE Plan 2010–2019. Mr Magury received his bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Papua New Guinea and his master’s degree in statistics from the Swinburne University