Kopkop College

Ms Evari recounted her journey as a young writer and encouraged students to read and write more books.

She said that by coming to the school for the opening of the 2021 book week, she hoped to encourage students at the Kopkop College the importance of writing their own stories and having them published. Evari believes that having PNG authored books displayed in libraries will inspire and promote local literature.

Kopkop College, in its response to the COVID-19 state of emergency, has undertaken the measure to introduce online lessons through a Moodle to ensure the continuity of its students’ learning.

“The Moodle is created to ensure continuity in their learning during the extended lockdown, due to the COVID-19,” explained Director Support Service Miss Petra Buskens.

Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments.

The two Grade Nine classes were given a tour of the facility as part of their science lesson on communication, specifically on sound communication and electromagnetic waves.

Science teacher, Barbara Anatau, said one of the outcome objectives is to illustrate to the students how telecommunication has contributed to the socio-economic development of the country.

The Gerehu Earth Station is a ground-based transmitting/receiving station in a satellite communications system. The counterpart to the earth station is the satellite in orbit, which is the "space station".