Indiscipline, violence rock Papua New Guinea’s education system

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Indiscipline, violence rock Papua New Guinea’s education system

PORT MORESBY: Indiscipline has reared its ugly head again in East New Britain’s Kokopo Business College with a group of drunkard students damaging property during an all-night party on Monday (April 4, 2022).

It is the second such incident in five months in the college.

The education system in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been rocked by violence and gross indiscipline the past month:

> MMARCH 31, 2022: Two secondary schoolboys and two civilians were killed in street fights sparked by fighting between Hagen Park Day Secondary School and Mt Hagen Secondary School students, and more than 20 people were reported injured;

> MMARCH 17, 2022: A 13-year-old school boy was killed during a fight between Karlese Primary School and Ruango Primary School students in West New Britain’s Kimbe; and

> M MARCH 2, 2022: There was a fight between students from Tokarara and Gerehu Secondary schoolboys.

The news break was reported by The National:

Drunk students run amok

April 7, 2022The NationalMain Stories

The Kokopo Business College in East New Britain. – Pictures supplied

By STAFF REPORTERS
A GROUP of college students are facing charges of drinking and behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place, and damaging property, following an all-night party on Monday.
It is the second incident within five months involving students from the Kokopo Business College in East New Britain.
East New Britain police commander Chief Inspector Joseph Tabali said 24 students, after consuming alcohol the whole night on Monday, were arrested after they damaged properties in the area.
He described the extent of the damage as serious, and confirmed that the owner of the properties has lodged a complaint with police.
The students who attend the Kokopo Business College are detained at the police station to allow them to sober up before being charged.
He thanked members of the public who helped police round up the drunkards.
“I am pleased with the citizens who assisted the police in arresting the students,” he said.
“Students who leave their provinces to come (here) for studies must look after the school property and properties outside the school when going out drinking.”
Tabali said students attending tertiary institutions should be well-behaved and show good example.
As the end of the school term nears, he warned students in the province to stay out of trouble during the holidays.
Police sources said the 24 students were also involved in a fight with a security guard and damaged a Chinese-owned shop at Kenabot Stage Two.
It is alleged that they were trying to buy alcohol from the shop when the row with the security guard began, leading to a fight.
The security guard reportedly fired a gun to disperse the students. Police are investigating that too.
Police also confirmed that the male students have been living in a rented accommodation at Kenabot, and had been causing trouble there on weekends.
Meanwhile, in November last year, 60 students attending the same college were removed from their dormitory after they damaged properties.
College principal John Karis said then that those responsible for the damage did not deserve to be in the college. He estimated the cost of damage to properties to be more than K200,000.
Karis said that soon after the examinations, some of the students after drinking homebrew began damaging properties.

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