2021 Continuing Students Selection List for HEIs Released

The Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST) announced the approved list of Continuing Students on TESAS today, 26th January 2021. The list contains the names and PNG govt scholarship (TESAS) details for the continuing students  (Year 2 - Year 4) attending the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Papua New Guinea.

• AES - Academic Excellence Scholarships
  
• HECAS - Higher Education Contribution Assistance Scheme

 

Students TESAS (Tertiary Education Student Assistance Scheme) Award Status indicates the type of PNG govt scholarship offered to students. It is a merit-based award. AES is awarded to the best performing students (with a high GPA).

The number of scholarships available to continuing students (and new intakes) is determined by the availability of govt funding and HEIs GPA cut-off, yearly. Details of funding and GPA for each HEI in the country is the work of DHERST. Here are some guides to TESAS and GPA.

TESAS: AES & HECAS Stats that matter - 2021

We kept some 'stats that matter' based on the TESAS Award list for New Intakes over the years. Here is the stat for the 2021 TESAS Awards for Continuing Students:

• 82 Continuing students on AES 
• 6779 Continuing students on HECAS 
• 6861 Total Students on TESAS

Note: The figures do not include the NEW INTAKES. 

The 2021 DHERST Selection List for New Intakes was released a day after the Continuing Students TESAS Award List. Read about the NEW INTAKES 'stats that matter'. 

Some HEIs have not submitted their 2020 continuing students GPA to DHERST. Those institutions are not included in the TESAS list released by DHERST.

Download the 2021 Continuing Students List for HEIs

You can view or download the official list on DHERST website. Here is a quick download link >> DOWNLOAD NOW, PDF.

Some HEIs have not submitted their students' 2020 Continuing Students GPA lists for 2021 academic year. Students who are attending those institutions will expect delays in the Beginning of Year Travel and TESAS payments.

The students attending those institutions should call the Students' Admin for more information. 

2020 self-sponsored students who have secured a scholarship must make travel arrangements with their universities or higher institution. 

Recommended reading: How to Secure a Govt Scholarship - TESAS 2022

Re-admission and self-sponsored students

The advice from DHERST for students whose names are NOT on the list:

Be advised that students whose name do not appear on the list [ Continuing Students approved list] should consult your respective HEIs to confirm your progressive status for 2021. (DHERST, press release, 26/01/2021)

Why only 6861 Continuing Students on TESAS?

Here is what DHERST said about it...

"The number of applications for TESAS Awards with a qualifying minimum GPA level is typically greater than the number of available TESAS Awards.

It should be noted that some program admission requirements of institutions might include a different weighted consideration of grades and/or prerequisite subjects with minimum grades, due to their particular academic requirements. As such, Awardees are selected within program quotas on a merit basis. This means that not all applicants with a qualifying GPA level will receive an award." (DHERST, website)

Another reason is that the 2021 TESAS award list does not include some HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) who did not submit the students GPA to DHERST. And their students may not have been included in the official list released on the 26 of January 2021.

TESAS PNG Govt Scholarship Funds

In a National Newspaper report, the secretary for higher education said that they only received K36 million (out of a K68 million required TESAS funding) for 2021. The question was why half of the required TESAS fund?

In 2020 the PNG govt, through DHERST, implement the students' assistantship scheme - the Higher Education Loan Program, or HELP. The same year, the govt allocated K220 million to fund HELP.

The higher education secretary said

... 6,637 students applied for HELP this year [2020] and K28,109,457 was paid by the Government.

How do students apply for HELP?

HELP aims to enhance quality at higher education. The studentship program also aims to ensure access to the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are available to eligible students.

Firstly, students must demonstrate that they are enrolled in a registered institution in order to apply.

Students who wish to apply for this loan should complete the HELP Application Form. See your HEI/Student Admin for more info. That means all students (both continuing and new intakes) should register at a HELP participating institution.

Then, see your students admin/support staff and complete the application form. The respective HEIs will launch the forms, on your behalf, with DHERST and let you know of the outcome.

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If you have any questions, please comment below and let us know.

2021 Acceptance List Delay: DHERST, Govt, HEIs and Stakeholders Anxious

The Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology said they'll release the Acceptance List 2021 for Tertiary Institutions in the country on the 8th of January 2021. Many anxious students and parents are wondering why the acceptance list 2021 was not released as promised. We know that DHERST is doing its very best to get the acceptance list out. And, they will probably tell the stakeholders why they did not release the list on the second Friday of January 2021.

A discussion - Acceptance list for PNG Institutions

In this article about the Acceptance List 2021, we attempt to discuss the nature of the Grade 12 selections, the 2021 Acceptance List and challenges of releasing the acceptance list on time. And, address many of the 'why' questions (see the comment thread in this article) relating to the release of selection list and acceptance list 2021.

The opinions are based on our personal experience since the inception of DHERST's online selection systems. We hope that it gives you an understanding of the whole process. 

For the status updates of PNG universities acceptance list, click here.

Grade 12 selections to the tertiary institutions

The selection of Grade 12 students takes place before the Acceptance List 2021 comes out. DHERST used the National Online Application System (NOAS) to capture students school leavers choices. And uses the National Online Selection System (NOSS) to, electronically, select students according to their choice on the online school leavers' form, the NOAS.

Before 2018, the Grade 12 students have only 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices they pre-fill on a manual school leavers form. The manual SLF is sent to Port Moresby where tertiary institutions in the country scour over the paper forms and select students - this is long gone. 

The online selection and 2021 acceptance list compilation will be the 3th year DHERST runs the online selection. 

The online selection system and acceptance is the best technological intervention implemented by the higher education department, DHERST. 

However, there seemed to be a certain weakness in the selection process as seen last year and this year with the delay of the 2021 acceptance list. We do not know exactly what caused the delay but we can only infer that it may be due to the Public Holiday. 

2021 Acceptance List Release 

As for this year, the 2021 acceptance list will be published before the TESAS Award list. The Post Courier reports on a statement by higher education department secretary mentioned that the 2021 acceptance list will be published in two parts: 

• 2021 Acceptance List of School Leavers: formal list of all the students who will be enrolled for the first time at tertiary institutions in the country. 
• TESAS Award List 2021: The final list of the students in 2021 acceptance list including their 'indicated' TESAS Award status.

DHERST indicated to have released the acceptance list on the second Friday of January 2021. This has not happened. 

We believe DHERST is working to get the 2021 acceptance list out to the public. Meanwhile, students, parents and citizens have to wait for the higher education department to make another announcement. 

The Post Courier reported that the TESAS Award list will be released in late January or February 2021. The reason being that 'DHERST will wait for all the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the country to confirm their selections listing before the final TESAS Award List comes out'.

Waiting for the HEIs in the country to send the confirmed list to DHERST can take ages. But, the Post Courier hinted that the final list could come out by late January or early February before the academic year starts.

Why Acceptance List 2021 Not Released, When Then?

Many students, parents and stakeholders were asking the same question, why was the list acceptance list 2021 not released on time. As mentioned, the process of selection, quality checks, confirming availability of spaces with HEIs, etc is challenging. DHERST must get it right so that they do not mess up the final acceptance list.

The final acceptance list for students to enrol at the universities (including the PNG Govt's scholarships details) should/will come out a few weeks before the academic year starts. 

If you are someone with a special circumstance (non-school leaver, school leaver, self-sponsored, etc ) and needed more time to prepare; make sure you mitigate the risks in good time before the academic year starts.

DHERST Selection Key Points

In a press release two years ago, the department of higher education said the students whose names appeared on the Grade 12 selection list must take note the three points

(1) Your personal details contained within your application has been forwarded to the Higher Education Institution which has selected you.

(2) You should expect to receive an admissions offer letter directly from your Higher Education Institution (HEI). The HEI will communicate directly with you to inform you on specific details. 

(3) If your Study Program receives scholarship awards from the National Government, you may be eligible for financial support through the Tertiary Education Student Assistance Scheme (TESAS). Your TESAS status is also indicated in this National Selection List. Please log in to the NOAS (apply.dherst.gov.pg) and check MyStatus section any time before the 22nd December 2018 for further details on how to access your scholarship. [DHERST , Press Release 2018]

 

Concerns if DHERST race past February

In the meantime, there is no need to worry, even February is approaching fast. Citizens and stakeholders must be patient. DHERST, since 2018, has done a fantastic job with the:

• Online School Leavers Application (NOAS),

• Online Selection System (NOSS),

• Compiling and quality-checking the selection listings

• Liaising with HEIs in the country, 

• Publishing the acceptance listing for ALL the HEIs 

Of course, there should be concerns raised IF DHERST has gone past mid-February. But for now, the department needs all the support they can get from the PNG govt, institutions in the country, parents, citizens and stakeholders.

We ask that you join us on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube for up-to-date education info on tertiary institution selections in the country, as they happen. In addition to PNG Insight Blog, we also run the PNG Insight website and PNG Mathematics Exam Resource website. 

DHERST TESAS Selection List 2021 : Download Grade 12 selected students on tertiary scholarships

Updates:

#2 Notes on 2021 Continuing Students TESAS Awards List, why many students names are not on the list published by DHERST.

# 1 For the status updates of PNG universities acceptance list, click here.

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• WE will continue to provide relevant information for our readers. Please refer to the links below for the updated information on DHERST TESAS Selection List 2021

Here are the original articles where the images and words are taken from:

• 2021 DHERST Grade 12 Selection UPDATES (Original content Published Dec 2018, Updated January 2021)
• GPA for PNG Universities Student Information (Original Image 16/02/2019) 

This is just one instance of stolen and replicated content. 

We know that content scrappers do steal contents and we care less. But, we are concerned that these replicated contents can, potentially, mislead the readers. The content *that website* published has been stolen from different articles on our blog and website.

For example, the image on the stolen article (see below) does not reflect information in it. The image, in fact, was about how to Calculate GPA. Whereas the content is about Grade 12 Selection Listing for 2021.

The years have been changed, but completely misrepresented the origional articles, though we had the original articles published under logical times, different headings and with clear instructions.

This is an important article with Grade 12 historical data that we compiled over the years. As such, we know when to update the articles and present it in a timely manner. We plan to update the data in the article for 2020 using the official DHERST selection list for 2021. 

There are key articles on our blog and website that we update to reflect the changes and documents released by DHERST and NDoE.

Again, we ask our readers to refrain from visiting any foreign website that has duplicated contents. It can be misleading and misdirected towards PNG readers. 

What the person copying Our contents and Image should do

The better thing that foreign website could do is to use:

• proper attribution (without links to the article, but a mention where the content originated from), 
• disclaimer (state a brief of where the content/article is taken from and provide link/s to the original article). 

By doing one of the above acknowledgements will guide readers to the right page so that all (readers, original content producer and content-scrappers) benefit. Sadly, this website deleted all our internal links. There was no acknowledgement of our work. As mentioned, their motive is ulterior and does not aim to inform and help readers. 

The original content here 

• GPA for PNG Universities Student Information (Original Image 16/02/2019) 

 Our original image via the link below.

• 2021 DHERST Grade 12 Selection UPDATES (Original content Published Dec 2018, Updated January 2021)

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(Important: If you are following up on the Grade 12 Selection for Tertiary Institutions 2021 (Universities and Non-universities here is the date to take note: The 2021 tertiary selection list is NOT available at DHERST website, yet. Department of High Education, Research  Science and Technology DHERST has announced that the 2021 Tertiary Selection List will be released on Friday the 8th of January 2021)

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DHERST TESAS Grade 12 Selection List 2021: Download selected students on tertiary scholarships:- The 2021 tertiary selection list was released by DHERST. It’s all in one PDF file and easy to check the selected students for each uni and college in the country. You may find the hints and tips below helpful when checking for the students on the tertiary selection list for 2021.

Updated: 11/08/2021

The update presents five helpful information about the 2021 selection list:

1. AES and TESAS 2021 tertiary scholarships

2. Stats of Grade 12 students selected to tertiary institutions in 2021

3. Important notes from DHERST

4. How to find a student’s name 2021 tertiary selection list

5. Where to download the 2021 tertiary selection list PDF

Download the 2021 Tertiary Selection list of New Intakes and used the tips to check students selection status. You may need your SLF numbers.

2021 TESAS PDF list for continuing students is now available. Check out the recent post here.

2021 selected students on tertiary scholarships

Last year DHERST (Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology) published the Grade 12 Selection List on the 18th of December.

The selected students were awarded a government’s scholarship under two categories. The PNG government’s higher education scholarship is called TESAS (the Tertiary Education Scholarship Assistant Scheme).

TESAS is classed into either HECAS (the High Education Contribution Assistance Scheme) and AES (the Academic Excellence Scholarship). If a student is not awarded one of the government’s scholarships, then the student is considered Self-sponsored. The numbers of students awarded each scholarship in 2021 are given below.

Fact file Grade 12 students selection stats

2021 for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

27,743 (= *18,318 + **11,792) students registered in DHERST online selection system

*18,318 students in the national admission pool NOT selected

**11,792 (=***9,427 + ****2365) spaces available quota/spaces in higher education institutions (205 programs in HEI)

***9,425 Grade 12 students selected to tertiary institutions

****2,365 spaces yet to be filled via the national admission pool

2018 for 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR

AES- 904 Grade 12 Students awarded scholarships under this category

HECAS – 3757 Students awarded scholarships under this category

SELF-SPONSORED – 3936 had not been awarded a scholarship even they were selected by the selectors.

Total students selected to Higher learning institutions in PNG = 8597

DHERST announced 3 points that selected students to Tertiary institutions should take note of.

In a press release, the department of higher education said the students whose names appeared on the Grade 12 selection list must take note the following:

(1) Your personal details contained within your application has been forwarded to the Higher Education Institution which has selected you.

( 2) You should expect to receive an admissions offer letter directly from your Higher Education Institution (HEI). The HEI will communicate directly with you to inform you on specific details.

( 3) If your Study Program receives scholarship awards from the National Government, you may be eligible for financial support through the Tertiary Education Student Assistance Scheme (TESAS). Your TESAS status is also indicated in this National Selection List. Please log in to the NOAS (apply.dherst.gov.pg) and check MyStatus section any time before the 22nd December 2018 for further details on how to access your scholarship. [DHERST, Press Release 2021 ]

2021 tertiary selection list pdf

It can be fiddly to identify a student’s name of the PDF selection listing. But, you can use a quick trick to solve this problem. Simply use the ‘search’ bar on the PDF list.

The students’ names are not on the selection list last year. Presumably, if it is the same this year, students can not use their names when searching. The best detail to use is the student’s number on School Leaver’s Form (SLF).

How to quickly find a selected student on 2021 tertiary selection pdf list

1. Download the PDF file onto your device

2. Use the search button

3. Type in student’s SLF number

4. Search

5. Confirm the school against SLF #.

6. Confirm your scholarship/fee status.

Related articles

If you want more information details about the Grade 12 selection listing, GPA or scholarship, refer to one of the articles below:

Grade 12 Online Selection for 2021 Higher Education and Exam Results – Differentiated

How to calculate your Grade 12 GPA using Your Results [Updated].

Why You Should Know Your GPA (Click here)

Grade 12 selected students NOT on tertiary institutions scholarship

It is perhaps important to note that about 50% of the Grade 12 students names on the Grade 12 selection list are NOT awarded a government’s scholarship (AES or HECAS) last year.

DHERST 2020 NAOS Grace Period Announcements

Attention 2020 Grade 12 School Leavers

Reposted from DHERST website - see the ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

As of December 7th, 2020 student’s access has been limited in preparation for Grace Period. Student access to NOAS individual accounts will be enabled during the Grace Period for students to finalize their applications.

2020 Grace Period announcements

• Grace Period commences at: 12:01am, December 14th, 2020
• Grace Period ends at: 11:59pm, December 18th, 2020

Higher Education Loan Program

Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) applications for the academic year 2020 has closed. The DHERST will advise on 2021 HELP application and timeline in the forthcoming academic year.

National Online Application System

NOAS remains the property of the National Government of Papua New Guinea and is administered by the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology. NOAS facilitates national admissions and selections into higher education institutions in PNG. This portal facilitates Grade 12 school-leaver application.

Non-school leaver applicants

Non-school leaver applicants must contact directly the institute of their choice and follow non-school leaver application requirements.

Contact DHERST

For further information, please contact the DHERST Support Service noassupport@dherst.gov.pg

Source: DHERST 

2021 Grade 12 Selection | DHERST TESAS Award List All Unis

DHERST TESAS Award List | PNG Universities

Important update: 

• #5 The Grade 12 (NEW INTAKES) Selection List is now published by DHERST (27/01/2021) - See the 'stats that matter' 
• #4 Notes on 2021 Continuing Students TESAS Awards List, why many students names are not on the list published by DHERST.
• #3 For the status updates of PNG universities acceptance list, click here.
• #2 DHERST has not released the 2021 School Leavers TESAS award list for HEIs. It is not clear why, but we believe the HEIs sent the Students Acceptance Letter out already.
• #1 As predicted in an earlier video (at the end of this article), DHERST has announced that the 2021 Tertiary Selection List will be released on Friday the 8th of January 2021. See the notice released by DHERST in this video:

2021 PNG Universities DHERST Selection Lists for all universities and other tertiary institutions should be live-online after the Grade 12 exam results are released by the National Department of Education (NDOE) on My PNG Exams Website. 

Grade 12 Students can start checking their Grade 12 online results on the 9th of December 2020. Here is how to check students examination results.

The 2021 Grade 12 selection list for PNG tertiary institutions will not be available immediately after the 9th of Dec 2020 (the date of release of the Grade 12 Online Results). It will take a few weeks to do the selections for each tertiary institution in the country. 

The final DHERST list fro 2021 will be published online, at the department of higher education website. We will let you know when the Tertiary Institutions selection comes out on the 8th of January 2021.

NDOE Results and DHERST Selections

First, the online result will come out, released by the NDOE, through the Measurement Servies Division (MSD). 

After that, the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHESRT) will use the marks to finalise their selections for PNG tertiary institutions; and make the selection listing for 2021 available on their website. 

Here is how the online results and selection works. 

TESAS Awards List - Universities

The Grade 12 selection for tertiary institutions in PNG, usually, comes out during the first week of January of the new year as seen in the last two years. For example, last year the DHERST TESAS Awards list for universities (and non-universities) came out on the 5th of January 2020.

However, there was a problem with the Grade 12 selection list for last year. The problem was fixed and the updated listed re-published on the 19th of January 2020.

Here is what DHERST said about the updated Grade 12 selections listing for tertiary institutions:

The Department of Higher Education Research Science & Technology (DHERST) wishes to advise students and higher education institutions (HEIs) that it has revised the previous TESAS awards for continuing students for 2020 academic year. The award list published on the DHERST website on the 5th of January 2020 is retracted due to some technical problems beyond our control. This has been rectified and scholarships rewarded to all eligible students. (DHERST Press release | 19/01/2020)

When will Grade 12 Selection list for 2021 be published?

Based on last years experience, we would infer that the selection list would be published late in December 2020 or early January 2021. Perhaps it is important to check DHERST website during the Christmas and New Year period for DHERST press releases regarding the Grade 12 tertiary institutions selections for 2021. 

(Please note that the date of release of the selection listing PDF has been announced - see above)

How to Confirm Grade 12 Students Selection and TESAS Status

The Grade 12 selection is done online and is quick. When the selection lists for all PNG Universities and non-universities are finalised, the DHERST publishes it on their website. Students, parents and stakeholders can download and check the Grade 12 student's status - whether they are selected or not!

Here is how to check the selection status (WITH VIDEO GUIDE). This article shows you how to use the Grade 12 student SLF number and search the downloaded PDF files, with ease :) So, check it out. 

Updates and information 

PNG insight will continue to bring updates and information re. the Grade 12 selection and DHERST TESAS Award listings. 

If you have any questions about the 2021 Grade 12 selection process, PDF list, etc., please leave a comment below or check out this latest update on PNG Universities Non-School Leavers Selection 2021.

We also provide some background information about the 6 PNG universities here. Find out about the selections lists for UPNG, UOG, UNRE, Unitech, DWU and PAU:

• UPNG, University of Papua New Guinea
• UOG, University of Goroka
• UNRE, University of Natural Resources and Environment
• Unitech, University of Technology
• DWU, Divine Word University and 
• PAU, Pacific Adventist University.

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TESAS and HELP APPLICATION INFO

FUNDING for next year’s (2021) tertiary education study assistance Scheme (TESAS) and higher education loan programme (HELP) are available now, Fr Jan Czuba says.

The Department of Higher Education, Science, Research and Technology (DHERST) secretary told a press conference recently that the Government had allocated K230 million for Help and K37 million for Tesas.

FIND OUT ABOUT THE HELP LOAN APPLICATION FORM INFO

“We are blessed that we have the Help programme and this is a big help to students that cannot afford to pay,” Fr Jan said.

“We didn’t receive as much as required.

“K68 million was required but we got K37 million.

“Tesas is important because our prime minister wants to encourage students to study hard and academic competition is very important.

“I think we can negotiate some amendments with our Government for Tesas.”

Earlier, Fr Jan said 6,637 students applied for Help this year and K28,109,457 was paid by the Government.

He said it was likely that the number of students that would apply for Help next year would increase because this year would be the first year.

“Students from institutions that are registered with DHERST are eligible to apply for the help programme,” Fr Jan said.

He said students had to demonstrate that they were enrolled in a registered institution in order to apply.

“Help cannot be given to students until such time we have confirmation from the institution that the student has enrolled under the institution,” he said.

The Help initiative aims to enhance and increase quality higher education and ensure continuous access to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees are available to eligible students.

It is not compulsory and students can choose whether or not to apply.

Source: The National Newspaper/ By JINA AMBA