STUDENTS MUST WORK HARD - Do NOT Cheat Exams or Sell Sex

By Sylvester Gawi: 

There has been various reports in the media about students and teachers colluding and cheating in exams. At some instances, exam papers were sold out to students in a bid to top the examinations.

Many of these students ended up becoming fools. a newspaper headline this year reported on "Cheaters being Cheated" students from a particular school bought an exam paper, studied it and the next day a totally different test paper was issued in the exam room.

It is common and biblical that one must sweat inorder to achieve greater results. It's also evident that those who seek the short cut usually ended up in confusion.

Papua New Guineans have a common syndrome known as the "Wantok System". Whom you know, if you have done a favour for someone or you willing to pay a price for the assistance sought.

The most sickening of all the cheap ways to get assistance is by selling sex. It is morally wrong but it has been accepted by few individuals to exchange for favours.

NBC News reported that a teacher at the Dregerhafen Technical Secondary School in Finschaffen, Morobe province has been alleged to be involved in pornography production with female students in the school.

Morobe Provincial Police Commander Augustine Wampe confirmed the report saying nude pictures and videos were found in a school computer.

Rural CID police officers have been made aware of the allegations and are awaiting funds to be made available for them to conduct investigations.

PPC Wampe told NBC News that the pornography production involved a male teacher and several female students from Dregerhafen.

Wampe says reports have revealed that the female students were involved with the teacher upon agreement of getting good academic results.

CID Police officers will soon be deployed into Finschaffen to conduct investigations into the allegations.

PPC Wampe also called on parents and teachers to encourage young children to study and work hard to get good academic results and should not involve in illegal and immoral acts.

Police are trying to stop this kind of behavior that is prevalent in cases where students are cheating in exams or involved in sexual activities to further their studies.

Where do we stand now? How can we as a nation address this issue of young school children involved in such illegal activities. We've witnessed cult practices and drunk orgies among school children in high schools and the alarming number of minors having access to pornography.

To those in authority, how long can we advocate for parents to be role models for their children? How long can we go to see teachers, clergymen, law enforcers and even relatives continue to be perpetrators in most cases? For the teacher, if the allegations are true, you would be sorry that you never did that.