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MEDIA RELEASE First Central Province Secondary School Signed Scholarship MoU with IBSUniversity [Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 10th June 2026] – Laloki Secondary is a secondary school in Central province, located 15 miles outside Port Moresby has enter a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBSUniversity for scholarships opportunities for high-achieving Grade 12 students.   This initiative forms part of IBSUniversity’s broader strategy through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education (NFFE) to strengthen access to higher education through formal partnerships with secondary schools in National Capital District and across Papua New Guinea IBSUniversity will offer merit-based scholarships covering up to 100% of tuition fees, valued at up to K70,400 over four years, subject to terms and conditions of the MoU to top-performing students through the NFFE scholarship requirements. Mr. Sagara Wijeratne, Director of Institutional Development at IBSUniversity, said, “IBSUniversity believes in strong collaboration and connection between secondary and tertiary education and this MoU creates the platform to leverage this connection.” He added:“ This MoU creates educational pathways for students to easily transit from secondary education to higher education which students will have access to IBSUniversity scholarship programme and pathway programme from the IBS college of TVET. Teachers will be benefited from this MoU, in terms of career development of Malolo International will receive opportunities in their career development. In addition to that, we will include Laloki Secondary in for any programmes that we conduct involving secondary school students.” Dr. Sujitha Glory Antony, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Acting Vice Chancellor of IBSUniversity commended on the importance of the MoU, she said: “We gathered here today for a meaningful collaboration with this MoU, this MoU is the starting point where we as a university and the secondary schools should meet and for more collaborations to flourish this collaboration. IBSUniversity and the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education is here to support communities and schools.” The Principal for Laloki Secondary School, Mrs. Carol Tsinabi acknowledged the MoU saying: “For Laloki Secondary School, this is something new and interesting and we are very happy, our parents will be very happy wit this programme and I believe it will go a long way.” The Deputy Principal Academic of Laloki Secondary, Ms. Dorothy Gagari welcoming this partnership, added: “Thankyou for this platform, our major strength is business, because the top 5% of the students around the country are selected to the National School of Excellence to take up STEM, so we decided to focus on business, from grade 9 to grade 12 and when this MoU reaches us, we knew this is the platform, thankyou IBSUniversity to linking us to your institution and for teachers and students the opportunity to further their education.” Laloki Secondary School is the fourth school to signed the MoU with IBSUniversity and the first government run institution in Central province to enter this partnership. With additional MoU signings expected in the coming month with secondary schools in Kainantu, Eastern Highlands Province and Lae, Morobe Province. Looking ahead, IBSUniversity is extending this scholarship programme to secondary schools in other provinces across the country, further widening access to quality tertiary education.

MEDIA RELEASE IBSUniversity signed Scholarship MoU with Malolo International High School [Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 10th June 2026] – IBSUniversity (IBSU), has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malolo International High School to offer scholarships for high-achieving Grade 12 students, through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education (NFFE). This initiative forms part of IBSUniversity’s broader strategy to strengthen access to higher education through formal partnerships with secondary schools across the National Capital District. Malolo International is the third private secondary school to enter the scholarship partnership with IBSUniversity IBSUniversity will offer merit-based scholarships covering up to 100% of tuition fees, valued at up to K70,400 over four years, subject to terms and conditions of the MoU to top-performing students. Welcoming Malolo International to the partnership, Mr. Sagara Wijeratne, Director of Institutional Development at IBSUniversity, said, “IBSUniversity and Malolo International has a common purpose, that is to educate and train young people, and this is in line with IBSUniversity vision, ‘to enrich lives, through world class education, training and research,’ so we believe through this partnership, students of Malolo International High will receive immense support to have access to IBSUniversity programmes and pathway programme from the IBS college of TVET.”He added:“Also teachers of Malolo International will receive opportunities in their career development.” Mrs. Nombri, Director and Advisor for the Malolo International School, acknowledged the partnership saying, “We are blessed to come on board the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education scholarship programme, with the understanding that IBSUniversity provides excellent opportunities for our students, we decided to come into this agreement. I believe, now our students will have access to world class education” Malolo International High School, located in Malolo Estate, 8 mile is the third private secondary school who have come on board for the scholarship MoU this year, with additional MoU signings expected in the coming months. Looking ahead, IBSUniversity also plans to extend this scholarship programme to secondary schools in other provinces across the country, further widening access to quality tertiary education.

MEDIA RELEASE IBSUniversity and North East Academy Signed Scholarship MoU [Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 03 June 2026] – IBSUniversity (IBSU), through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education (NFFE), has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with North East Academy to offer scholarships for high-achieving Grade 12 students.   The MoU established a collaboration under the Sir Mick Nades Scholarship which will be facilitated through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education Limited. This initiative will provide scholarship opportunities to eligible top-performing students of North East Academy, continuing a shared commitment to educational excellence and access. Mr. Sagara Wijeratne, Director of Institutional Development at IBSUniversity, acknowledged the partnership as a significant collaboration: “ We are pleased to partner with North East Academy through today’s MoU and we believe this collaboration will create great opportunities for the students as well as professional development support for teachers in service.”He added:“ Also this collaboration will provide pathways for the students’ from their secondary education to higher education at IBSUniversity.” Mr. Philip Zareve, Principal of North East Academy, expressed the school’s acceptance and support for the MoU: “We are a private institution and this opportunity gives trust to parents who enrolled their students in our school, this agreement with IBSUniversity will give more opportunity to our students.” Mr. Bosing a senior teacher at North East acknowledges the partnership: “ We would like to extend our sincere thanks to IBSUniversity for the collaboration and we believe that this is a stepping stone for our students to work hard to be eligible to be in the scholarship.” North East Academy, a private secondary school in Port Moresby, with operations for over six years and current population of students at 200 plus is the second school to sign the MoU for this year, with additional MoU signings expected in the coming months, within NCD and in other provinces.

MEDIA RELEASE IBSUniversity and the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education have partnered with Kundu International Academy to offer scholarships to top students.   [Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 20 May 2026] – IBSUniversity (IBSU), through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education (NFFE), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kundu International Academy to offer scholarships for high-achieving Grade 12 students.This initiative forms part of IBSUniversity’s broader strategy to strengthen access to higher education through formal partnerships with secondary schools across the National Capital District. To date, nine secondary schools have signed MoUs under this initiative, with IBSUniversity continuing to expand it to additional schools throughout 2026.Under the programme, IBSUniversity offers merit-based scholarships covering up to 100% of tuition fees, valued at up to K70,400 over four years, to top-performing students. Mr. Sagara Wijeratne, Director of Institutional Development at IBSUniversity, described the partnership as a significant milestone:“Today marks the beginning of a very meaningful collaboration between Kundu International Academy and IBSUniversity. This partnership represents quality education, skills development, and greater opportunities for students.”He added:“I believe this collaboration will strengthen students’ access to scholarship programmes and pathway opportunities through IBS University and IBS College.” Dr. Glory Sujitha Anthony, Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor at IBSUniversity, emphasised the importance of the agreement:“Today is an important day for both institutions as we enter into this Memorandum of Understanding to bring students from Kundu International Academy to IBS University.”She highlighted the opportunity created through the programme:“Through this MoU, IBSU agrees to provide scholarship opportunities to eligible students from Kundu International Academy through the Nadesalingam Foundation for Education, subject to the scholarship entry examinations.”   Mr. Emmanuel Yawiapui, Principal of Kundu International Academy, welcomed the partnership and its long-term vision:“Institutional partnerships are very important in the time we live in, and this agreement marks the beginning of meaningful collaboration between our two institutions.”He added:“We are very happy to move forward with signing this MoU and look forward to more positive and meaningful changes in the future between our institutions.”   Kundu International Academy is the first school to sign on for this year, with additional MoU signings expected in the coming months. Looking ahead, IBSUniversity also plans to extend this scholarship programme to secondary schools in other provinces across the country, further widening access to tertiary education.