The University of Papua New Guinea Lae City Student Association (UPNG LCSA) team is wrapping up their informative awareness program called Project Woke, today. The project, which started on Tuesday 26th November at the Malahang Technical Secondary School, was about educating and informing secondary schools in Lae city about the requirements and eligibility of getting into the UPNG. All information provided are primarily based on the requirements of UPNG. It is about UPNG Grade Point Average (GPA), the different schools within the campus, different courses each school offers, post graduate opportunities for working professionals and alternate options like UPNG Open Campus (OC). The funding for the project came from the LCSA fundraisings and partial funding from the Officer of the MP for Lae, John Rosso. UPNG LCSA President, Samuel Ainui and his team partnered with Tauram Morobe Medical Student Association (MMSA) and interested individuals to carry out the awareness in the city. “The Project Woke is like a mini tertiary education expo for secondary students to know what courses are offered at UPNG and the requirements to get into UPNG,” Ainui said. He said that most of the students are not aware of the minor courses offered at UPNG because the interest is in their major course only, and information about broadening and minor courses are a requirement at a tertiary institution in which most of secondary students are not aware of. The schools that took part in the awareness program are Malahang Technical Secondary School, Busu Secondary School, Bugandi Secondary School and Lae Secondary School. “We went to enquire at each secondary school administration for the Project Woke awareness and to tell them what the awareness is about and how this information will help the students.” The aim of the project is to increase the number of Morobe students entering tertiary education by providing clear and accessible information about the university’s requirements.