PNG

Grade 7 & 8
The PNG Department of Education administers the Certificate of Basic Education, COBE. All Grade 8 PNG citizens are tested in a range of subjects to ensure that they are reaching National achievement goals. The testing occurs in October every year. Students sit examinations in; English, Mathematics and Combined Subjects.

Subject choices for G9 document.

Grade 9 & 10
The PNG Department of Education administers the Lower Secondary School Certificate, LSSC. Students who wish to complete the Lower Secondary School Certificate must take English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Business Studies, Personal Development and one of the following optional subjects: The Arts, IT and Art, Technology & Industrial Arts, IT & Family and Consumer Studies.

Transitioning to G11 document.

Grade 11 & 12
Students are offered the choice to study the required subjects to receive the PNG Upper Secondary School Certificate (PNG USSC). The PNG Department of Education prescribes a set course of study in English, Mathematics A or B, the Sciences and the Humanities, which are externally examined at the end of Grade 12.  Optional courses as offered by the school and approved by the PNG Education Department are internally assessed and externally acknowledged.

 

PNG TERTIARY INFORMATION

DHERST BOOKLET 2020. Click this link to get the most up to date information from DHERST about the Tertiary places available in PNG.
 

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