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Kokopo Business College Courses, Application Form and Admission Info

There are two academic departments at the moment. One is the Diploma Studies Department and the other is TTC Business Studies Department. The Diploma Studies Department offers Diploma courses while the TTC Business Studies Department offers certificate courses. Fi you want to study at Kokopo Business College, this article gives information on the Courses, Application Form and Admission.

Kokopo Business College Application Form PDF 2024

Kokopo Business College Courses

Currently, the college offers five full-time Diploma programmes in Business Studies, two certificate courses, Diploma foundation studies and a range of short courses.

In 2009 the college introduces the National Certificate in Office Administration and Tour Guide on a modular basis followed by other courses on a modular basis in 2010.

The National Certificate is Competency-Based Training from levels one to six that will be conducted parallel to the existing programmes.

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Diploma and certificate courses

The Diploma Studies Department offers a Diploma in Business Studies (Accounting), a Diploma in Business Studies (Office Administration) and Diploma in Business Studies (Computing), a Diploma in Business Studies (Management), and Diploma in Hospitality Management.

The duration of the course is two years for all diploma-level courses. Students complete four stages in order to be awarded a Diploma in Business Studies.

A Certificate in Higher Technical Education in Business Studies is conveyed to students who successfully pass stage two of the course.

Jobs and Training offered at Kokopo Business College

The courses offered here are targeting middle levels jobs in the public and private sectors. After completing these courses students are employed. The new employees are placed on the job as a starter undergoing training on the job and later they can be placed in high-level positions.

Some examples of starter’s job categories that our courses are focusing on include the following:

Accounting Courses — Accounts Clerks, junior Accountants, Account Payable clerks, Cash Book Clerks, Payroll Officers, Inventory Controllers, creditors/debtors clerks etc...
Management — Marketing & sales executives or representatives, warehouse house clerks, Logistics officers, procurement officers, Human Resources officers, Recruitment officers, supervisors, trainee Managers and other broad job categories.
Office Administration – Receptionists, executives secretaries, Sales & Marketing Representatives, Purchasing Officers, Warehouse clerks, Production Planners, Human Resource Personals, etc...
Business Computing — Software techniques, Computer software consultants, junior computer programmers, data entry clerks, business analysts etc.
Hospitality and Tourism - Tour Guides, Travel Agents, Air Stewards and Hostesses, Waitress, Cooks, Hostel attendees, supervisors, trainee managers, airline ticket officers etc.

Kokopo Business College Acceptance List

The acceptance list for Holy Trinity Teachers College for non-school leavers and school leavers will come out before the academic year starts.

The non-school leavers who applied straight to Kokopo Business College will have to check the college for the non-school leaver's acceptance list 2024.
As for the Grade 12 school leavers who applied through the National Online Application System (NOAS), check the higher education website for the DHERST Acceptance List 2024.

If you have any questions, check out this link for information on select dates and acceptance lists for tertiary institutions in PNG.

Contact Kokopo Business College

P.O.Box 504

Rabaul

East New Britain Province

Phone: 982 8556

Fax: 983 8557

How to get a Kokopo Business College Application Form 2024?

Contact the student admin directly and ask for the application form to be sent to you. If you do not get a response, here are some suggestions to get an application form.

Ask a friend/family in Kokopo to go to KCB and get an application form for you.
Contact a student of KBC on Social Media and ask him/her to help you.
Contact a Lecturer, tutor, registrar or employee of KBC to help you out.
Visit Kokopo Business College and get an application form.

You must use the official application form to apply. Make sure that the form has the recent date and year, college stamp, PNG Education Department Emblem and College Emblem.

General info for school leavers and non-school leavers

Some of this information (contact details, eligibility, attachments, etc) is provided on the application form, but here are five things that you should know. So, ask your Guidance teachers or the college registrar prior to applying to KBC these 5 questions.

What is the CUT-OFF GPA for this year?
Can I submit my college Application Online too?
Who can I contact to know my Kokopo Business College Collection Selection list/status?
From your experience, when will the Kokopo Business College 2024 Non-school Leavers selection list come out?
What can I do if I am not selected?

These a questions that will help you to secure a place to study at Kokopo Business College.

Please comment and let us know if you need help.

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St. Barnabas School of Nursing Acceptance List 2024

The acceptance list for St Barnabas School of Nursing for non-school leavers and school leavers will come out before the academic year starts.

The non-school leavers who applied straight to St Barnabas School of Nursing must check the college for the non-school leavers' acceptance list 2024.
As for the Grade 12 school leavers who applied through the National Online Application System (NOAS), check the higher education website for the DHERST Acceptance List 2024.

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Google Global Outage - Gmail and Services Not Working

Google was not working for nearly an hour, globally. There are parts of the US and Europe still down at the time of this post. The reason is not known yet, however it seems like a global outage.

The other outages occurred on in July, August and November. The 14th December outage is the fourth one this year.

The outage appeared to affect all of Google’s services:

Gmail,
Google Drive,
Blogger,
YouTube
Google Drive and
Google Classroom.

Its other products were also experiencing issues. However, the Google search page was working as normal.

Google is aware of the problem and has this status message:

“We're aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are unable to access Gmail. We will provide an update by 14 December, 12:12 PM detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.”

As mentioned earlier, the reason for the technical issue is not publicly known. This outage was the fourth major outage Google services users faced in 2020. The previous major outage had occurred in July, August and November.

Chinese Daru Island two major projects close to Australia

Papua New Guinea governments, both past and present, have said openly that they ‘want a free trade deal’ with China. The PNG government’s Look North’ investment policy seemed to have complimented China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The article was first published here. >>> Chinese-Daru Island projects close to Australia

In recent years, PNG and China’s bilateral relationship was ‘friendly’, bolstered by the Chinese investments in infrastructure, mining and fisheries. The Chinese govt officials, businessmen, investors and its companies have been visiting PNG to talk business and make donations in kind during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Project 1: fishery base on Daru Island

The PNG government and a Chinese state-controlled company (Fujian Zhonghong Fishery) have agreed to deliver a $200 million fishery project on Daru Island. The island and its nearby waters are known for an abundance of fish and seafood. And controversially, too close to Australia. Understandably, questions have been asked about the location of the Chinese Fishery base near Australia.

An Australian, Jeffrey Wall, who was a former PNG government’s advisor said:

“In a remote and woefully underdeveloped community like Daru, a $200 million project will have a massive impact,”
“But the question that needs to be asked is simple: why Daru?”

Perhaps, it is clear that this deal can not be stopped. As a sovereign country, PNG would hardly be happy about Australia telling it to relocate the Chinese fishery company elsewhere.

Project 2: Chinese mining sand in Western Province

The Chinese have also shown interest in sand dredging – in fact, it’s sand mining – in the Western Province. The company, based in Hong Kong, has a Chinese owner. The company representatives jetted into Port Moresby, during the COVID-19 lockdown in a private plane, and held talks with PNG govt officials.

Interestingly, the investors visited when the other international flights were not allowed into the country. The visit was granted ‘special permission’ and allowed to enter amidst the strict COVID-19 shutdown measures.

The EMTV News reported that the Chinese owned company was granted a contract to dredge sand sediments along the Fly River at a cost of K80 million per month. That is close to spending K1 billion (K960 million) per year.

‘The sand-dredging company intends to invest 80 million Kina monthly in this project with no cost to the government [or Ok Tedi Mining]’. (re#1 EMTV News 29/10/2020)

The PNG government sees the project as the clean-up operation of the Fly River system where the Ok Tedi Mining and PNG govt would not spend any money during the cleaning of the river beds. This sounds too good to be true, right?

Here is what a senior PNG government minister said about the Chinese sand dredging venture close to Australia-PNG Border.

‘Well, they (China) have got to get rid of the wastes […] and they can take them (the wastes) away. We don’t want to know where they take them away to.’ (re#2 Wera Mori MP, EMTV News 29/10/2020)

The Chinese company knows the value of the sand wastes. It is now a case of ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’ as far as PNG and China is concerned, it seems.

But, what about Australia in the big picture?

Chinese track record in the Pacific and politics

Politicians and diplomats in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific neighbours have a preconceived notion that China’s track record in the region is not good. The Australian Federal MP of the Torres Strait Island questions China’s intention:

“You only have to look at what China has done in other places in the Pacific to ask the question of whose best interest it is in,” he said.

“Is it in the best interest of the broader PNG community? I suspect not.” (re#3 MP Warren Entsch, Federal MP)

Daru Island: neglected, remote and underdeveloped

Neglected, remote and Underdeveloped.

These were the words of the commentators who saw the Chinese investments as a means to improve the life of the communities on the island. The Australian Media did not put it, plainly, that way. But it seems that Australia is happy if the underdeveloped Daru Island can remain without China stepping on its front doors.

The news reports from ABC News and Guardian have purported to the Chinese investments in Daru Island (and Western Province) as a threat to national security.

As the Australia-China relationship deteriorates, a $200m PNG ‘fishery’ deal raises eyebrows ( re#4 ABC Laura Tingle)
Chinese fishing plant in Torres Strait raises alarm for Australian industry and islanders ( re#5 Guardian Lillian Yang)

The inference was that there was nothing good on the Island of Daru, and no fish in a narrow strait like the Torres Strait. Why is China investing $200 million in Fishery and K80 million monthly there?

PNG govt strategic investment dream

The two projects (Chinese Fishery Base on Daru Island & Sand Dredging along the Fly River) are in favour of PNG’s strategic investment policy as far as trade and investment are concerned. China is happy to commit to investments in these two portfolios near the Australian border. It is a matter of time.

Australia is unlikely to stop the two deals. As a sovereign country, PNG would not be happy about Australia telling it what deals it can do, or not do with China.