By Gregory Wesley
The Chances of making it into a tertiary institutions in Papua New guinea is very low especially when you attend a secondary school in the rural Papua New Guinea.
For Lawrence Jelikawas a First year Information and Communications student in the University of Papua new Guinea he had to put in the extra Work to secure his space in PNG's Premier University.
From Lorengau
Manus Province Lawrence had to deal with with Peer pressure, low
quality of education and financial issues and his education at the same time.
When in grade
10 he learnt about time managment and commitment and when he went into year 11
lawrance know that he had to complete his assessments on time and being
consistent with his performance.
" I was
doing this so when i got my internal marks for year 11 a d 12 to make my
selection into tertiary institutions i was happy"
Univeristy
and the city was a totally different environment for him coming from a small
Island province, he had to adapt to the new Learning environment and find his
place.
" My
challenge at the beginning of the academic year was to overcome the mindset of
giving up in school, having this challenge in mind i decided to manage my time
properly, setting my priorities right which includes finishing my assignments
on time and study for my tests, "Lawrence said
With the struggles he faced in semester one he also uses this as a learning experience
As a young adult he learnt that he had to control is mindset and to never give as as road to success is not an easy path.
For Lawrence
information communication science was not what was on his mind when in
secondary school.
"When in
high school i wanted to go to the University of technology to study
applied science, but i was unable to because of my subject combination in high
school"
" The
course I'm studying now was a last-minute choice,"he said
Despite this
young Lawrance has fell in love with the course learning about data
Management.
" The
course i am studying is really good because i had to learn about data managment
and data organising whixh is related to computer science with i am finding interesting,
“he said
With all of
Lawrence's Challenges and difficulty with his academics and personnel struggle
he knows that God is going to help him and take care of his burdens and that is
the one thing that keepa him motivated and going.
Lawrance said
he is ready to take on the challenges that comes his way for the next 3 years
in thw University.
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