PORT MORESBY — The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) Chairman, Maini Mike Ugaia, has issued an urgent nationwide call to all educators who did not receive their leave fare entitlements for the 2025 and 2026 school calendar years.
Affected teachers must immediately compile and submit all necessary supporting documentation to their respective Provincial TSC Advisors and Provincial Education Advisors (PEAs). Upon receiving and verifying these files, the TSC will consolidate the data and submit the claims directly to the National Department of Treasury to facilitate prompt budget clearance and payment.
PEAs are advised to submit all outstanding teachers leave fares documents by the end of this month.
Mr Ugaia said this administrative directive comes with direct backing from Prime Minister James Marape, who is actively pushing for the swift resolution of all outstanding teacher entitlements to maintain stability within the education sector.
Chairman Ugaia clarified that while the TSC protects and safeguards the overall interests of teachers, teacher leave fares are currently administered and managed at the provincial level. All corresponding funds are dispatched straight to provincial government grants rather than being held by the central Commission.
He said because the decentralized system has left some teachers stranded with part payment or without their travel funds, the national government is stepping in to address these gaps directly through the Treasury Department.
Mr Ugaia said to ensure no teacher is left behind, provincial education divisions must act swiftly to gather these outstanding claims and transmit the verified data up to the national headquarters. The Commission reiterates that timely submission is critical, as the Treasury Department requires accurate figures to allocate the necessary supplementary funding.
Chairman Ugaia urges all provincial authorities to treat this exercise with the utmost urgency to minimize further financial distress for our educators and ensure they receive their hard-earned entitlements.
Could you kindly send me the 2026 Leave Application Form via the address provided before.
Check your Provincial Education officers or the TSC Advisor
@meck click the separation menu and click download, all the leave forms are there
Please could you kindly clear my understanding on leave fare . I am teaching in my own province but in a different district within the province. Am I entitled for leave fares because I have to travel for more thank 24 hours to my home district. Please clarify..
Thanks Jennifer Malesa 9
May I submit all my teachers missed leave application Here.
Thank you
Principal
Walidege Primary School TARI HELA PROVINCE
Secondly May I also submit my school Teacher Monthly and Termly Reports here too.
Negative. Please supply it to your provincial education office for them to do checks and verify against their data.
Need advise on the hold up of us new graduates being on payroll
I’m one of the teacher who usually missed out on leave fares. Currently teaching at Onerungka secondary school in Kainantu district
Tell us why you are always left out. Is it because you never provide on time or your documents are not submitted in full? Please seek proper advise so you can benefit from this entitlement
In Gulf Province we teachers are still waiting for our 2024 and 2025 overdue payments to be done. We don’t know why the Gulf Provincial delaying in paying up this overdue Teacher Leave Fares since we are coming half way to the year.
Please, post me the education gazetteette for 2023. I’ve been trying to download but I just can’t. Post it using my email
Teachers lay the foundation of nation building. We deserve better recognition in our rightful entitlements, for instance the leave fares.
2025 graduate diploma program of education in DWU St Benedict campus kaindi waiting for the second batch list of Professional registration teaching certificate please can any one assist me with my problem here.