WNG University
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A Going Concern
Statements in Australia and Papua-New Guinea critical of West New Guinea’s Bird of Paradise University are not all based on fact, according to an Australian university student, Mr. Kevin Martin, who recently visited the university.
Mr. Martin told a seminar in Sydney in November arranged by the Council on New Guinea Affairs that the university at Sukarnapura had normal exit and entry standards and that its teaching staff mostly held MA’s from English universities.
The university had 200 students (about 50 West New Guineans) and was planning to establish a university college at Manokwari.
Its faculties included Law, Education and Agriculture.
He said he was impressed with the university. (Papua - New has no university.)