ABOUT US
VISION AND MISSION
Vision of the Rabaul Campus
DWU Rabaul Campus espouses the University vision that is open to all, serving society through its teaching, research and community engagement in a Catholic Christian environment.
Mission of the Rabaul Campus
The Rabaul Campus mission is to:
- Grow its life and work on the model of Christ
- Strive to develop its institutions into a first rate campus of higher learning and research
- Live and promote the general mission of Divine Word University
OBJECTIVES OF THE RABAUL CAMPUS
The main objectives of the Rabaul Campus in order to achieve its mission and vision are to:
- Build strong character and quality graduates (effective character formation)
- Ensure that students are equipped adequately with skills, knowledge and intellect to work in challenging future environments (develop high intellectual and skills ability)
- Be equipped and prepared for teaching and learning in a changing technological era (strong teaching and learning development)
- Be equipped and prepared for work in both the modern hospital and rural health centre settings (firm commitment to best medical practices)
- Mould and shape students and graduates with Christian, moral and spiritual value systems principles and faith (committed to ethical practices)
- Make available in the communities and country graduates and workers who are adequately qualified in their profession (relevant and qualified in the profession)
- Strive towards promoting holistic health
- Serve the health needs of medically underserved areas of our country and our medically under privileged people
OLSH KABALEO
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Teachers College (OLSHTC) Kabaleo is situated near the township of Kokopo in East New Britain Province (ENBP). Kabaleo was established in 1966 as a female teachers' college by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH). The initial purpose of this training college was to provide teachers for the under-staffed Catholic schools on the outstations of the Archdiocese of Rabaul. From 1966, OLSHTC Kabaleo continued to provide women with teacher education until 1994. In September 1994, Mt Tavurvur and Vulcan volcanoes erupted and this natural disaster destroyed the township of Rabaul and changed the entire province. The destruction caused a lot of schools and communities to migrate to better and safer locations. Two such institutions that migrated were: St Mary's Secondary School Vuvu and St Paul's Teachers' College Vunakanau. St Mary's Vuvu migrated to Vunakanau and the student teachers of St Paul's Teachers' College moved to OLSH Kabaleo and so in 1995 OLSHTC Kabaleo became a co-educational institution.
