The Church saw an urgent need to train secondary school teachers in religious education, mathematics, and science teaching -- subject areas which Alfred Tivinalik CFC the Principal says were, and are still, lacking in Papua New Guinea.
“The idea was to complement what the country already had and provide for what was lacking,” he says. “Students performed very poorly in science subjects in our schools and the intake for science subjects in colleges and universities was, and still is, low compared to the humanities.”
The College opened with a teaching staff of nine and an intake of 75 students from around the New Guinea Islands Provinces. The students were non-school leavers who had missed out in the selection processes for continued education after completing their Year 12 schooling.
Of the first 75, 36 graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Secondary Teaching degree focusing on mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology as well as religious education. Today there are 125 Year One students enrolled at the school out of a total enrolment of over 400, with a staff of 26.
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