Scholarship Winners

In 2011 there were a good number of Sialum students attending colleges and university. One particular mention is an agriculture student who is in her final year studies of Bachelor of Science in Tropical Agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Environment. Last year she was the winner of New Zealand Government scholarship scheme award and the Gerson-Solulu scholarship award. The New Zealand government gives scholarships to female students who study either Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or Bachelor of Science in Tropical Agriculture. The Gerson-Solulu scholarship is an annual scholarship awarded to Morobe Province students attending colleges and universities.

Sialum is product to have one of its students win both the awards. This relieves the parents of the burden of school fee pressure. The parents can now support their other children.

Sialum also had one of its student graduated from Geology in the same year. He was one of the winners of the Gerson-Solulu scholarship scheme. A lot of Sialum students graduated from Balob Teachers college. The graduates of the teachers college are now absorbed into the teaching pool and are currently teaching. Many of these graduated teachers are teaching in Sialum schools. About four of Sialum students will be graduating with degrees and diplomas this year. This will make a big and positive bearing to the human resource of Sialum.