CARITAS Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby is targeting to set a sister school in West New Britain to cater for the rising need of educating girls to become great leaders in the country, an official says.
Deputy principal academic Willma Patenge said that was one of the school’s long term goal. Principal Esther Mwayemwanna said the school gave the students (girls) a second chance to see their potential in education and achieve their dreams in life. Caritas Secondary was established in 1995 with the first 144 female students enrolled. The late archbishop, Peter Korongku, saw that there was a need to educate the young girls of the country. He invited the Caritas Sisters of Jesus (formally known as Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki), from South Korea, to establish a school similar to Don Bosco Technical School where there is a dual curriculum (academic and technical) to cater for life-long skills. That was how the girls’ school was built. One of the school’s pioneers is Patenge, the deputy principal who has been there for almost 10 years. There are many other women who are now living successful lives after attaining knowledge and skills from this school. The first principal of the school was Sister Stella Ann. Mwayemwanna is the first Papua New Guinean principal of the school. All previous principals were expatriates. Every year the school enrolls about 1000 girls. This year the school enrolled 888 students. “Yes, there are a lot of fond memories about the school, especially because of the strict discipline,” Patenge said. “Being a student back then was a bit of a struggle trying to cope with all the discipline but it all has paid off to make me realise the importance of education and has brought me to be who I am today.” The funding for operations of the school comes from the parents (through school fee payments) and benefactors of the school from Port Moresby and other parts of the world. The school has upgraded its car park, main road and the multi-purpose hall, called Don Cimatti Hall, named after the founding Father of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus. The school has two major highlights every year – technical day and open house where the school opens its door to parents and guests to come and see the academic and technical displays of the students. They witness demonstrations on technical skills performed by the students like cake decorations, table skirting, dress-me-up contest, hair show, and others. The cultural show is where students display their cultures in unique dance songs and routines with their vibrant traditional costumes. The aim of the school is to equip girls with life-long skills through the technical subjects that the school offers and to produce honest and productive citizens of this country. The school’s motto is “Love, Purity and Dilligence”. All these virtues are instilled in all aspects of student learning to form women of character.
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