OTHER PUBLICATION Jeremy Goro EASTERN HIGHLANDS Kilala Devette-Chee Peter Magury PROVINCE Daphney Kollin 2009 PROVINCIAL AND Martha Waim DISTRICT UNIVERSAL BASIC www.pngnri.org EDUCATION PROFILE September 2020 This page is intentionally left blank OTHER PUBLICATION EASTERN HIGHLANDS Jeremy Goro Kilala Devette-Chee PROVINCE Peter Magury Daphney Kollin 2009 PROVINCIAL AND Martha Waim DISTRICT UNIVERSAL 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 v Abbreviations and Acronyms vi Foreword vii Introduction 1 Provincial education system coverage 2 Overview of Universal Basic Education indicators 3 Guide to data sources 6 Limitation of data 7 Eastern Highlands Province 8 Daulo District 12 Goroka District 15 Henganofi District 18 Kainantu District 21 Lufa District 24 Obura/Wonenara District 27 Okapa District 30 Unggai/Bena District 33 Summary of findings 36 Bibliography 37 i List of Charts, Figures and Tables List of Tables Table 1: Eastern Highlands Province — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 9 Table 2: Eastern Highlands Province — distribution of schools by district and school level 10 Table 3: Eastern Highlands Province — number of schools by basic education providers 10 Table 4: Eastern Highlands Province — net admission rates 11 Table 5: Eastern Highlands Province — gross and net enrolment rates 11 Table 6: Eastern Highlands Province — retention rates 11 Table 7: Eastern Highlands Province — Grade 8 examination results 11 Table 8: Daulo District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 13 Table 9: Daulo District — number of schools by basic education providers 13 Table 10: Daulo District — net admission rates 14 Table 11: Daulo District — gross and net enrolment rates 14 Table 12: Daulo District — retention rates 14 Table 13: Daulo District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 14 Table 14: Goroka District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 16 Table 15: Goroka District — number of schools by basic education providers 16 Table 16: Goroka District — net admission rates 17 Table 17: Goroka District — gross and net enrolment rates 17 Table 18: Goroka District — retention rates 17 Table 19: Goroka District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 17 Table 20: Henganofi District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 19 Table 21: Henganofi District — number of schools by basic education providers 19 Table 22: Henganofi District — net admission rates 20 Table 23: Henganofi District — gross and net enrolment rates 20 Table 24: Henganofi District — retention rates 20 Table 25: Henganofi District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 20 Table 26: Kainantu District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 22 Table 27: Kainantu District — number of schools by basic education providers 22 Table 28: Kainantu District — net admission rates 23 Table 29: Kainantu District — gross and net enrolment rates 23 Table 30: Kainantu District — retention rates 23 Table 31: Kainantu District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 23 ii Table 32: Lufa District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 25 Table 33: Lufa District — number of schools by basic education providers 25 Table 34: Lufa District — net admission rates 26 Table 35: Lufa District — gross and net enrolment rates 26 Table 36: Lufa District — retention rates 26 Table 37: Lufa District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 26 Table 38: Obura/Wonenara District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 28 Table 39: Obura/Wonenara District — number of schools by basic education providers 28 Table 40: Obura/Wonenara District — net admission rates 29 Table 41: Obura/Wonenara District — gross and net enrolment rates 29 Table 42: Obura/Wonenara District — retention rates 29 Table 43: Obura/Wonenara District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 29 Table 44: Okapa District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 31 Table 45: Okapa District — number of schools by basic education providers 31 Table 46: Okapa District — net admission rates 32 Table 47: Okapa District — gross and net enrolment rates 32 Table 48: Okapa District — retention rates 32 Table 49: Okapa District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 32 Table 50: Unggai/Bena District — number of schools, classes, students and teachers by school level 34 Table 51: Unggai/Bena District — number of schools by basic education providers 34 Table 52: Unggai/Bena District — net admission rates 35 Table 53: Unggai/Bena District — gross and net enrolment rates 35 Table 54: Unggai/Bena District — retention rates 35 Table 55: Unggai/Bena District — Grade 8 examination results by subject 35 Table 56: Summary of Eastern Highlands Province ‘s Performance in UBE in 2009 36 List of Figures Figure 1: Eastern Highlands Province map 8 Figure 2: Eastern Highlands Province — basic education distribution 9 Figure 3: Eastern Highlands Province — basic education providers 10 Figure 4: Daulo District map 12 Figure 5: Daulo District — basic education distribution 13 Figure 6: Daulo District — basic education providers 13 iii Figure 7: Goroka District map 15 Figure 8: Goroka District — basic education distribution 16 Figure 9: Goroka District — basic education providers 16 Figure 10: Henganofi District map 18 Figure 11: Henganofi District — basic education distribution 19 Figure 12: Henganofi District — basic education providers 19 Figure 13: Kainantu District map 21 Figure 14: Kainantu District — basic education distribution 22 Figure 15: Kainantu District — basic education providers 22 Figure 16: Lufa District map 24 Figure 17: Lufa District — basic education distribution 25 Figure 18: Lufa District — basic education providers 25 Figure 19: Obura/Wonenara District map 27 Figure 20: Obura/Wonenara District — basic education distribution 28 Figure 21: Obura/Wonenara District — basic education providers 28 Figure 22: Okapa District map 30 Figure 23: Okapa District — basic education distribution 31 Figure 24: Okapa District — basic education providers 31 Figure 25: Unggai/Bena District map 33 Figure 26: Unggai/Bena District — basic education distribution 34 Figure 27: Unggai/Bena District — basic education providers 34 iv Acknowledgement We are indebted to the Department of Education for the use of its 2009 National Annual School Census data to write the Eastern Highlands 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 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