Private schools are helping each other out by combining their students during the final examinations to make up the numbers to be eligible to administer exams.
Last week the Institute of Christian Academy in Port Moresby, in a similar situation, united with students from Malolo International School to make up numbers to sit for the exams, thus, hosting the institute’s inaugural grade 10 final examinations at the Kennedy Estate campus.
Co-ordinator of Nonu Institute of Secondary Education and internal invigilator of Nonu Institute of Secondary education, Monica Tidisa said as a private small school you have to have 15 students to be eligible to sit for the grade 12 national final examinations in your school as instructed by the Department of Education.
We are a private small school and you have to have 15 students to sit for the final exams in your school.
At Nonu Institute of Secondary Education we are qualified because we have more than the number required, but we take in students from other private schools like us who do not have the number, so you see here we are hosting students from the Institute of Christian Academy although when we started we had to go sit for the exams at St Joseph’s International School.
But as the time passed we have made the numbers and have always taken in students from the Institute of Christian Academy or Zion Zeal.
We also have external invigilators coming in from Zion Zeal and Kundu International School and our people go to their schools as invigilators as well during this grade 12 final examinations, and so we look out for each other because we are small private schools.
Monica Tidisa
Jubilee Secondary also took on board some students from Asia Pacific Institute because the number of students was below 15.
Deputy principal Janet Sengi said the Education Department had asked API to come to Jubilee Secondary because it would make it easier for supervision.
So what happens is that a week before the exams start they will collect all their papers and hand it in to us.
So when the external invigilator comes in the morning they make sure that all the papers are taken out and opened in front of the students; including their students.
We have been helping out by giving students from API a classroom and supervision during the national examinations for the last four to five years now, and I think they are also doing that for small private schools as well.
Ms Janet Sengi