The National, Monday 30th April 2012
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A PRIMARY school headmaster in Central province has called on the prime minister to abolish the Outcomes Based Education (OBE) system in the country.
Lawrence Rewai, the headmaster of Hood Lagoon Primary school in Rigo district, said the OBE was not effective and needed to be changed immediately.
He said the system was not good as it did not prepare students for the higher level of education.
Although the OBE was designed to use local knowledge to produce results, students and the teachers were finding it difficult.
He said Grade 8 performances were gradually dropping since the system was introduced in 2004.
Rewai said it was very difficult also to bridge ele­mentary Year 2 and Year 3 because the children in Papua New Guinea were used to their local vernacular.
He said the old system of education was better as there were sufficient materials and that discipline was maintained to produce results.
He stated that the OBE was only good for countries with only one language.
He said if the country wanted to produce brains that would make changes to the country then it should do away with OBE as Education minister Theo Zurenuoc had announced.