PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Frank PORORARA
Date of Birth: 1945
Place of Birth: Suutaluhia Village, Ulawa Island
Status in Family: First Born of six boys
Father’s Name: Lionel Marau
Mother’s Name: Dorothy Doroau
Marital Status: Married
No. of Children: 3-two girls & 1 boy
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1955 – 1960: Pio Kindy
1961 – 1963: Arona Junior Primary School
1964 – 1966: Pawa senior Primary School
1967- 1968: King George Six school
1969- 1971: Admore Teachers College – New Zealand
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
1972- 1974: USP- Fiji (Diploma in Education)
1981- 1982: UPNG- Bachelor of Education degree- (In-Service Training)
WORK EXPERIENCE
1974- 1979: Teacher Selwyn College
1980- 1982: Deputy Head Master- Selwyn College
1983- 1984: Head Master- Selwyn College
1985- 1990: Head of school- SICHE
1991- 1995: Solomon Islands Ombudsman
2000- 2004: Peace Monitoring Council
2004- 2010: Stroke (illness) A father and grandfather Late Pororara died at his home village of Suutaluhia on the 14th September 2010 at the age of 65 years.
HIGHLIGHTS
During this period, an Officer of the Hong Kong Ombudsman’s Office was on attachment for three weeks with the Solomon Islands Ombudsman’s Office. The attachment was made possible after an understanding was reached during the 11th APOR Conference held in Honiara, October 1990.