![]() WAIGANI Christian College (WCC) director and North Waghi MP Benjamin Mul has urged the Government to financially recognise the school as it has been a service provider for many years. Mul said this during the school’s dedication service at Evangelical Brotherhood Church (EBC) for grades 12, 10 and eight before their national examinations earlier this month. “We used to have more than 2,000 students enrolled every year but this has dropped to 1,000 because of the Government’s introduction of the flexible, open and distance education (Fode),” he said. “When we have plenty students, we have the money to pay the teachers and operational costs, which is a challenge for us. Mul said the school needed financial support to assist with staff housing. “We are now depending on school fees from parents which is inconsistent as some parents don’t pay,” he said.
“When we have extra, we invest in classrooms, but right now we are struggling to set up teachers housing.” Mul said there used to be support from the National Capital District (NCD) and the Education Department where K100 was allocated to each student but that had stopped. “This school has been providing education to those who were rejected by the education system, but we send them to colleges and other institutions, no one gets left behind,” he said. “It is also registered and recognised by the Education Department so even those who are left behind after the exams get recognised certificates.” Mul said he had set up the school for young Papua New Guineans and like other educational institutions was playing a part to educate and develop the future generations. WCC principal Susan Loi said the service was an annual gathering where students were brought back to where the school began (the church) for prayer before exams. “These are second-chance students, many of them come from problem families and backgrounds but when they come to WWC they begon to change and that’s the beauty of this school,” she said. “We are registered under the Education Department so the students are examined under the education policy just like other students who sit exams.” Anna Petrus, a Ggrade 11 and 12 information technology teacher who resides at ATS, said safety for female teachers was not guaranteed, especially the at the Gordon bus stop. Another teacher, Ritia Hinone, said teacher’s salary had not been constant. “But it’s a mission school, so whatever we are paid with, we attend to basic needs.” TheNational / PNGfacts Also read Comments are closed.
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