The need for educational reform and the role of teacher training

This is a rejoinder to a paper in the International Journal of Educational Development relating to the proposals of the 1991 Education Sector Review in Papua New Guinea. It contends that the paper presents an accurate picture of the Review's portrayal of the current problems of educational provision in the country but draws attention to the uncritical manner in which the Review's proposals are considered. A number of critical questions are raised with regard to three aspects of the Review highlighted in the paper.