Our principles
Our Motto, Vision, Philosophy and Mission are the pillars on which the College exists. These set of principles are the foundation on which curricular and non-curricular activities are carried out.
MOTTO
‘Nihil Nisi Melius’ means ‘We Always Strive to do Better’
VISSION
We pursue excellence in the provision of quality education in a vigorous environment, which embodies the most desirable family-centered and traditional values.
PHILOSOPHY
We believe in working and producing our students with predictable results in a Learning Culture described as:
A. Toktok Wantaim: talk, discuss, co-operate, explore, construct;
B. Tingim Bek: reflect, think critically, share, challenge, change
MISSION
Our five fold missions are based on our commitment to:
A. Traditional and disciplined family environment
B. Multi-cultural vision
C. Excellence
D. Community development
E. Student welfare
Our school structure
Kopkop College at a glance
We are committed to a traditional and disciplined family environment, a multi cultural vision, excellence, community development and student welfare.
Our History
Formerly known as Bambi, we embarked on our pre-school program in 1984. The following year the Education Department endorsed Bambi as a Permitted Elementary School with 140 children for prep and grade one completing grade five in 1999.
In year 2000 Bambi started its senior school with grade six completing grade eight in 2002. The pioneer grade 8 students scored exceptionally high marks in the three Department of Education Exams and placed KC in the first place among all schools in NCD.
Due to higher academic success in our Grade 10, our Kopkop College management introduced the upper secondary in 2010. The first 15 pioneer grade 12 students passed out in 2011.
What we offer?
The College to date offers Early Childhood Care and Education to Grade 12 at Port Moresby Campus while Kavieng Campus offers pre-prep to grade 8.Our student teacher ratio is 1:20 minimum and maximum of 1: 30. We offer reliable student transport services at both of our campuses.
Achievements
More than 30 years of visionary and hard work paid off valuable dividends in the history of Kopkop College. In April 2011 we received from the National Development Bank the Indigenous Business Gold Award for outstanding business performance against foreign competition in PNG. Equally in May 2011, the former Secretary for Education, Dr. Joseph Pagelio Approved Certification for Grades 8, 10 and 12 after KC met the basic requirements of the National Department of Education.
Partnership with IBS
At Kopkop College we are passionate about offering business and trade skills courses.
Due to our country’s economic activity and particularly in line with the industrial business demand Kopkop College in partnership with the Institute of Business Studies offered Grade 10 Basic Accounting and Business Practices in 2011. In 2012, we introduced Advanced Business courses for Grades 11 and 12 to meet the IBS preliminary course requirements. Hence, our students now have the advantage over other students if they wish to enroll at IBS after completing year 12.
Teachers development
Recently the Queensland Education Leadership Institute (QELI) appointed Kopkop College to coordinate the Australian Leadership Award Fellowship (ALAF) in PNG. A memorandum of agreement to this effect is signed between the two institutions to facilitate this program. The partnership framework will seek to enhance female educationist’s professional leadership in education and performance competencies in Papua New Guinea.
We are a developing school and will continue to venture into new innovations and educational programs that will ultimately benefit our students.
Why us?
A higher bar
Our students are challenged to perform to a higher academic standard with our own GPA for each grade where each student has to meet to progress to the next grade.
Smaller class size
Here we focus on controlling our class sizes. Our students have more opportunities to form relationships with their teachers leading to greater academic success.
Dedicated Teachers
Our teachers are extremely dedicated and qualified. With access to proper curriculum and environment, they provide greater opportunities to help our students succeed.
A Balanced Curriculum
Integral Human Development is the overarching approach for all our programs.
Cutting edge facilities
We have state of the art learning facilities available to teachers and students to support learning inside and outside the classroom.
Sense of Values
Based on our core principle we have honor codes and stricter behavioral standards that help students develop into matured adults.
Discipline
The push for discipline teaches our students self-control, where the student will be far more responsible for his or her own achievement.
Family Oriented
We try to create a family environment because when school feels like home, students can feel safer, more comfortable, and more passionate about learning.
Parental involvement
We make a strong effort to involve parents to allow them an enhanced opportunity to understand the full education experience.
Safe and Friendly Environment
We believe that our environment is equally important when you are learning.
Our curriculum
We provide a curriculum specially modified in line with the requirements of the Outcomes Based Curriculum. The primary reason for adopting a modified curriculum is to improve standards of learning. Thus our teachers possess clear purpose and focus on what must be taught, assessed and monitored and our students also know what they will learn and how they will be assessed.
Curriculum principles are philosophies that are important and is considered along the pathway through which students travel during a course of study. Curriculum principles govern the overall curriculum design and its implementation. It is based on important Papua New Guinean values, human needs, our way of life, global issues and practices recognized and valued by our society.
Our commitments
We are committed to a traditional and disciplined family environment, a multi cultural vision, excellence, community development and student welfare.
traditional and disciplined family environment
We are characterized by our caring, respect, justice, and equal opportunity for all.
multi-cultural vision
We acknowledge, accept and celebrate cultural diversity, particularly those cultural diversities represented in the College community.
Excellence
We are committed to help our students to attain the highest level of their personal potential academically, socially, physically and spiritually.
community development
We aim to develop our students into individuals who can contribute to community development.
Student Welfare
We provide students with a nutritious diet which enables them to sustain a high level of mental and physical energy in their learning.
we prepare you
We prepare our students by helping them:
To be capable and confident learners.
To apply knowledge and skills in home situations
To be adaptable or flexible to any work situations
To happily fit into social environment both in and out of school
To secure the opportunity to enter higher grades of learning with confidence and excellence.
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Our timeline
Since establishment as a Day Care and Preschool, Kopkop College formerly known as Bambi has come a long way. Below are the schools highlights.
1983
Established Bambi Day Care and Pre-school, one of the first Centre in Sub-urban Gerehu.
1993
Established Bambi Elementary and Primary School, first private and permitted registered school with the Department of Education in Sub-urban Gerehu.
2006
In May, the school name changed from Bambi to Kopkop College.
2007
Introduced Lower Secondary Education with grade nine to grade ten.
2009
Established Bambi Early Childhood Care and Development Centre, through to grade 8 in Kavieng, New Ireland Province.
2010
Introduced Upper secondary Education, Kopkop College Port Moresby, grade 11-grade 12.