2025 Grade 11 Selection List for Southern Region, Highlands Region, Momase Region and New Guinea Islands Region

This post provides an update on the current situation regarding the selection of students for Grade 11 in high and secondary schools for the 2025 academic year. The Department of Education has not yet released the 2025 Grade 11 Selection List for the Southern Region, Highlands Region, Momase Region, and New Guinea Islands Region in PDF format on its website. 

A login portal on the Department of Education's website suggests that students will be able to log in using passwords to check their Grade 11 selection status. However, this method has not been used since 2020, when the selection list was published in PDF files.

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Grade 11 Selection List 2024/2025 Updates

The Grade 11 Selection Lists for all regions, including National High Schools, were released on the 20th of December last year. These lists became available two weeks after the Grade 11 Selection Committee concluded their selection process. 

In anticipation of the 2025 Grade 11 Selection List for the Southern Region, Highlands Region, Momase Region, and New Guinea Islands Region, check out last year's PDF list to get an idea of what to expect this year.

Last Year's Grade 11 Selection Lists Release Date

The 2024 Grade 11 Selection Lists were released on December 20, 2023. The lists include:

• >> Grade 11 Selection List for Highlands Region

• >> Grade 11 Selection List for Southern Region

• >> Grade 11 Selection List for NGI Region

• >> Grade 11 Selection List for MOMASE Region

• >> Grade 11 Selections for NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS

Grade 11 Selection Login

A new menu for "Grade 11 selection" appears on the Education Department website. 

Although there are no clear instructions on how to log in, we can infer that it will follow a similar process as the Grade 10 online selection, using the student's surname, given name, and school leaver's number. 

Stay updated on the Education Department's website for full details.

When will the 2025 selection list come out?

The official announcement of the release date for the Grade 11 selection will be made by the Education Secretary. PNG Insight will also provide updates as soon as we get the date. Typically, the Grade 11 Selection List PDF for each region is released two weeks after the examination committee has made the selections. Look for the release around mid-December.

How Past Grade 11 Selection Lists Are Published

Past Publication Method

In previous years, the Grade 11 selection lists were published in PDF format and arranged by region. There was no need to log in; users simply downloaded the PDF file and searched for their name. The regions included:

• Grade 11 Selection List for Highlands Region
• Grade 11 Selection List for Momase Region
• Grade 11 Selection List for New Guinea Islands Region
• Grade 11 Selection List for Southern Region

Work in Progress

It appears that the ICT Division of the National Education Department is working on their website to update and publish the list. Stay tuned and check the Department's website for the latest Grade 11 Selection listings.

Additional Resources

If you have any questions, please refer to the following resources for more information on the selection process:

• Grade 11 Selection Timeline
• High and Secondary Schools Selections- info & update
• The Grade 11 selection listing for 2025 is NOT out yet. Here is the latest on this topic.

Conclusion

The 2025 Grade 11 Selection List for the Southern Region, Highlands Region, Momase Region, and New Guinea Islands Region will soon be available. Use the provided resources and historical dates to anticipate the release. Check the National Department of Education's website regularly and stay informed through PNG Insight for the latest updates.

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Study at Sonoma Adventist College | Application, Selection and Admission info

The Sonoma Adventist College offers courses for primary school teachers training as well as training in Business Studies and Theology. The college is run predominantly by the Seventh Day Adventist Church and is located 17km out of Kokopo Town, Papua New Guinea.

Sonoma is an affiliated campus of PAU enabling them to deliver academic programs in Teacher Education (Primary), Building, Agriculture, Business and Theology.

5 Recommended Colleges for 2021: 

• Simbu Teachers College
• Gaulim Teachers College
• Madang Teachers College
• Kokopo Business College
• St Barnabas Nursing College

How to study at Sonoma Adventist College

You can study at the Sonoma Adventist College as a School Leaver or a Non-school Leaver. All the application and admission information that you need will be provided on the application form. Therefore before applying, get hold of an application form and read through the requirements carefully.

GPA college entry: Minimum GPA 2.20 (This GPA for Teachers Colleges in PNG was raised to 2.8 for the 2024 intakes - here is the latest info)

Sonoma has an affiliation entry pathway to Pacific Adventist University. As a student at Sonoma, you can continue to degree and masters programs at PAU and benefit from the course pathways the university offers for its students.

GPA for Sonoma/PAU entry: PAU recommends that students from Sonoma with a GPA of 2.20 to 2.70 and work experience may qualify for admission into a relevant program of study.

Apply to  study as Non-school Leavers

To apply to Sonoma, you can get an application form from your Local Mission, pastor or at the main SDA Headquarters. Ask friendly people about an application form for Sonoma Adventist College and seek any assistance you may need to complete the application form, fee requirements and admissions info. 

You can also contact the institution directly using the contact given above. 

If you are in Port Moresby, you can alternatively go to the Pacific Adventist University and ask for help with your application. 

Apply to  study as School Leavers

If you are a Grade 12 student, you will have to apply through the DHERST National Online Application System. Ensure that you put Sonoma Adventist College as your First or Second Choice. 

The best time to do that is during the Grace Period when you can adjust your choices - here is how to do that and why it is important.

General Info

The Sonoma Adventist College is an agency-run institution that aims to 'train committed and efficient Christian workers for service to humanity, both, through church employment and outside of church employment.'

The college is a co-ed institution where both male and female students can study for a diploma in Primary Education, Theology or any one of the 5 program areas. 

Students are expected to uphold the highest Christian behaviour when attending Sonoma and remain true to their beliefs when leaving the college.

The core principle is to know, to love and to serve the community.

Sonoma Adventist College course information

• Bachelor of Education (Primary or Early Childhood)

The Bachelor of Education is comprised of a major strand in either Primary or Early Childhood and students enrolling into the program are selected according to their strengths to take up either of the strands. Students in the primary strand should be competent in teaching grades four to eight, while the early childhood graduates specialise in teaching grades one to three, and can also teach Lower Primary classes as well. 

• Diploma in Building program

The Diploma in Building program is a six-semester three-year full-time program. The program aims to develop well-groomed quality building technicians, estimators, project supervisors, project managers and draftsmen with content-based knowledge, well-informed aptitudes, skills and experiences to fit well into the building, architectural and drafting field of employment.

• Diploma in Business program

The 2-year Diploma in Business program is affiliated with the Pacific Adventist University (PAU) School of Business and is designed as a four-semester full-time study program. The broad aim of this program is to prepare students for employment in accounting, computing and financial management positions in the Church and in its various subsidiary organisations, as well as in the wider business professional community. In this context, the course seeks to integrate values with sound principles.

• Diploma in Tropical Agriculture

The Diploma in Tropical Agriculture is a six-semester three-year full-time program with an emphasis on agricultural practices and issues relevant to Papua New Guinea and other oceanic countries of the South Pacific, such as principles of crop production, animal science, natural resources and conservation, soil science, rural extension, agricultural economics, livestock management, agricultural machinery maintenance, marketing and rural sociology.

• Diploma of Ministry

The Diploma of Ministry is a three-year full-time equivalent for intending ministers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The program is designed primarily to prepare ministers and other skilled pastoral personnel for service in the Adventist Church in the oceanic countries of the South Pacific. It provides a foundation for ordination to pastoral ministry and for later specialisation and graduate studies. Students who successfully complete this program are eligible to apply to PAU for one additional year for the Bachelor of Ministry and Theology program.

Sonoma Adventist College Acceptance List 2023

The acceptance lists are usually published in two parts and separately. The higher education department (DHERST) releases the School Leaver (Grade 12 intake) acceptance list whereas Sonoma does the non-school leavers list.

• The non-school leavers who applied straight to the College will have to check the Pacific Adventist University website for Sonoma Adventist Teachers College non-school leavers acceptance lists.
• As for the Grade 12 school leavers who applied through the National Online Application System (NOAS), check the higher education website for the DHERST Acceptance List.

If you have any questions, check out this link for information on selection dates and acceptance lists for tertiary institutions in PNG.

If you are following up on the Non-school leavers' application, check on PAU's website because the NSL lists are often published together. 

For the school leavers, you'll have to check the DHERST website.

Contact SAC

Sonoma Adventist College

P.O Box 360, KOKOPO 613

East New Britain Province

Papua New Guinea

Phone: (+675) 982 1782

Fax: (+675) 982 216

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