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According to Education for All 2015 National Review Report (2015), Papua
New Guinea has transformed into education conscious in the past three years as the
new Government was elected in the previous National Election 2012. The
Government‟s Medium Term Development Plan 2011-2015 has raised up in effecting
education’s momentum in the past two years as the core for PNG to achieve its
Vision 2050 in which PNG will be a nation, with prosperous, literate, wealthy,
healthy, smart and wise people living in peace”. Education funding has increased drastically (“Education for All 2015 National Review Report: Papua
New Guinea ‐ Civil
Society Organizations”)
Nonetheless,
corruption is still endemic and transparency and governance has been distinguished
as the hindering reason for effective education service delivery. Whilst the
current focus is on bettering primary education to tertiary, youth, adults and
lifelong learning skills have taken the back stage. Civil society Organizations
administer informal schooling for adults to read and write also in amplifying
lifeskills that have not been sustained through policies and funding. It is therefore imperative that the present
Government efforts be permitted to develop and that global policies and frameworks
should not thwart the good work started
by the current Government.
As I desire
to be an educator as soon as I finish my Masters Degree, I felt that
Development Communication is the befitting course to transverse that long
aspired change of mindset of the citizens of Papua New Guinea, with specific
mention to the students. For the youths
are the backbones of this country, it is therefore essential to empower and
freed them in knowledge through education.
Being a
development communicator, communication is utilised as an empowerment catalyst.
In other words, communication is used as
an instrument to facilitate the involvement of people in development activities
movement. Knowledge and information are
constitutive for people to successfully counter to the opportunities and
challenges of economic, social and technological advancement. But to be of use, knowledge and information
must be cogently communicated to people (Introduction To
Communication n.d.).
Millions
of stakeholders in developing countries are disenfranchise from a wide scope of
information and knowledge, with the rural poor in particular remain abandoned
from both traditional media and latest information and communication technologies
which would better their lives.
The need
for development communication continues in Papua New Guinea for a large
population of PNG lives in rural areas and they strongly need government support,
therefore, communication from the government still highly significant.
Hence, Development communication is necessary to bring messages of
development that are devised to transform the behaviour of people and for
improving their quality of life.
WHY BSU?
WHY BSU?
“Learning by doing” is the culture of BSU that is
fundamental to me as a distance learner into capacity development.
Instead of developing individual knowledge, skills, and attitudes, BSU developed
an organizational culture, procedure, and system that channel the use of the
institution’s resources towards relevant goals.
BSU thus, created an environment that is open to self-criticism,
reflection, and improvement.
In closing, it is dignifying to claim that I am a
BSU student. For merely being a part of this
institution, through my actions and through my words, shall live with me the
mandate of BSU’s core values:
E xcellence
V ibrancy
E quity
R esponsiveness
A ccountability
S ervice
T eamwork
I ngenuity
N obility
G reatness
V ibrancy
E quity
R esponsiveness
A ccountability
S ervice
T eamwork
I ngenuity
N obility
G reatness
FURTHER READINGS:
REFERENCES:
Introduction To
Communication.
Network, Papua New Guinea Advocacy. Education for All
2015 National Review Report. Papua New Guinea: Civil Society
Organizations, 2015.
