Education in Papua New Guinea is managed through nineteen provinces and two district organisational units.

In 1914, as part of World War I, Australia took control over German New Guinea and English became the sole official language.

The Currie Commission was created in 1964 to investigate the establishment of higher education in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

[7] In 1995, the government of Papua New Guinea implemented a bilingual education program that uses both community languages and English.

[citation needed] During the first three years of formal education, community languages are taught as a subject and used for instruction.