Commitment boosts performance: Dux

By MICHAEL LAI
Viennie Romba, 17, who lives at 9-mile settlement outside Port Moresby, says commitment at school and home can boost a student’s study and performance.
Romba said this after being awarded dux of Paradise College in Port Moresby on Thursday.
“The passion to repay my parents with happiness has always motivated me to put my best effort in my studies in the school and at home,” she told The National.
Romba said the settlement was not conducive for her but that was no excuse to not study.
“Life in the city is costly, especially for those low-class people in the settlements,” she said.
“I saw that much has been invested in me by my parents.
“They have sacrificed many things that I may get good education and find a job in the future.
“2018 is my final year which has made me determined to find a space in the universities.
Her father Vincent Romba, from Mul-Baiyer district in Western Highlands, described his daughter as “committed, focused, obedient, respectful, disciplined and God fearing”.
“She has a dream to be an engineer,” he said.
“I am proud to support her make her dream come true.”
Principal of Paradise College Safak Deliismail described Romba as a “smart, critical and intelligent person in the school”.
Paradise College graduated 50 grade 12 students and 35 grade 10s.