College offers second chance

By JOY TOROME
THE Waigani Christian College is giving a second chance to students who have been left out by the government education system, principal Abakure Kaupa says.
“The government education system is a bottle neck system where not everyone will continue to
the next level and since our school gained secondary status, we have been enrolling dropouts,” he said.
Kaupa said the students’ results were good and promising.
“If they can produce excellent academic results, I believe they still have the potential and we have to give them a second chance,” he said.
“I am pleased with last year’s academic results.
“It will gain momentum this year.
“We’ll continue to give the best in education and we’ll make sure these students who were given second chance make it to tertiary institutions.”
Martyl Tau, 23, is a perfect example of students who have been given a second change.
Tau completed grade 12 last year and was selected to go to University of Papua New Guinea.
School director Benjamin Mul said he took Tau from the streets of Daru Town and enrolled him at the school.
“Tau stayed away from school for some years but I believed that Tau has the potential to excel so I brought him here,” Mul said.
The college has two campuses – one for preschool to grade four and the other caters for grades 5-12.
The college has 60 teachers with 1600 students and is a registered school.