SPBEA (Secretariat of the Pacific Board for Educational Assessment) is an intergovernmental, regional organisation set up in 1980 to assist the Pacific Island region and member countries to develop assessment procedures towards national and  regional certificates.

SPBEA merged with SPC in January 2010 and is now a programme of the Education, Training and Human Development Division.

The Board administers two regional senior secondary school qualifications, the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate and the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate. It also plays a role in assisting countries to improve the quality of education through the use of good assessment practice and procedures.

SPBEA’s members include Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, plus Australia and New Zealand which are its main donors.