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.

The school provides 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. For this to be achieved, teachers must desire and possess clear purpose and focus on what must be taught, assessed and monitored. Students must also know what they will learn and how they will be assessed.

Curriculum principles are philosophies that are important and must be 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.

The Curriculum in the ECCE focuses on building the foundations by having students learn the basic skills in English and Mathematics. The students are given the opportunity to master the phonics of the Alphabet. In Mathematics, students are taught the essentials of the numbering system and how these are applied in our everyday lives.

Mastering essential knowledge of English and Mathematics is critical to the development of the students’ future education especially if he is to satisfactorily progress through later stages of education.

The Focus of the Junior School is to build on the foundations laid and to strengthen the knowledge, skills and attitudes developed in the Early Childhood Curriculum. The introduction of science skills is undertaken with emphasis on research and investigation processes. Students at this level are already reading and they are exposed to and expected to acquire confidence in public speaking.

These essential knowledge and skills are strengthened in the Middle School.  Teachers are required to deepened students understanding of English, Mathematics and Science and of course other subjects. They start to establish the pathway for which students will pursue as they begin preparation for senior grades.

Students must be confident in their approach and they are expected to demonstrate moral qualities in their everyday activities. They begin to strengthen their relationship working with peers and understanding the fundamentals of being a member of different groups.

The curriculum in Senior grades starting grade 5, 6, 7 & 8 is focussed on independent learning and teachers in these grades are required to plan for development of research and investigation skills, knowledge and reporting on their findings. They are exposed to the use of computers and through this understanding; students learn to do power point presentation. At all possible avenues, students learning must involve research activities, targeting different subject matters, especially on the environment and important events occurring around the world.  

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.

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.

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.