PURPOSE. This study is entitled, 'An Analysis of some Significant Issues and Problems as Identified by Practical Skills teachers in the provincial high schools in Papua New Guinea'. It is hoped that the importance of this study lies in its contribution in helping provincial school administrators, Practical Skills teachers, curriculum advisory committee members, inspectors, staff and students at the Design and Technology Department to gain an insight into the current problems and issues faced by Practical Skills teachers with the end view of effecting changes in the present set-up to attain the objectives of the Practical Skills programs in the provincial high schools in Papua New Guinea. METHODS USED: The methods employed in this study to collect the data were:- A. Questionnaires, B. Interviews and C. Review of literature. A proposed set of questions for the questionnaires was sent to the Division of Research and Evaluation Unit, Department of Education in Port Moresby, who made some encouraging comments and suggestions which were then used in the formulation of the final questionnaires consisting of 32 questions.