The Ministry of Education & Training of Vanuatu has welcomed and thanked all schools that opened their doors on time to begin 2017 academic year.
The ministry has issued a statement reminding all School Principals that the “Back to School Report” is due on 14th March 2017.
All school Principals have been asked to ensure that the “Back to School Report” reaches the Ministry of Education & Training by this date.
The officers from the Ministry of Education will work closely with remote schools by means of mobile phone to ensure assistance is given in gathering all necessary information on the “Back to school report” form.
The ministry says it has also been alerted that some teachers employed under the Teaching Service Commission are still not present at their respective schools.
The ministry has reminded all teachers that they should be at their respective schools two weeks prior to the Academic year and teachers who fail to attend to their schools for no valid reason will be disciplined accordingly.
The Ministry of Education and Training & Teaching Service Commission is appealing to school board/council members, School Community Associations (SCA) and community leaders; to assist by sending in any substantial reports of teachers who are not in their school at the proper time for disciplinary action.
Meanwhile, the ministry has assured intake graduates whose names are on the list to be employed by the Teacher Service Commission that they will receive their salaries on government payroll in due course as the ministry is finalizing this recruitment processes awaiting the Finance Department to process payment of their salaries.