Stat of the week: 98% of children in Palau achieve minimum proficiency in literacy by the end of primary school
98% of children in Palau achieve minimum proficiency in literacy by the end of primary school. (PILNA 2018)
PacREF MEL Training & Awareness Workshop
PacREF's Annual Reflection workshop aims to provide the necessary platform to allow the 15 Pacific education system's contact person and representatives of the PacREF Implementing Agencies (IAs) to review their data, experiences and progress in regard…
Pacific Community Warns of Threat to Education Retention in the Wake of COVID-19
Photo: Many families in the Solomon Islands and across the Pacific Islands region struggle to keep their children in school due to COVID-19 related economic hardship. Credit: IPS/Catherine Wilson
Pacific Education: Education statistics to help leaders to make good decisions
Do you know what the statistics say about your country's education system?
Governments and the leading stakeholders in this sector have a duty to help the public understand their education data and related issues.
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PILNA rescheduled to November, following overwhelming support from Pacific’s education leaders
EQAP’s numeracy specialist Seru Ramakita conducts a coding workshop with Vanuatu officials earlier in the year. Preparations for the main study, which include coding workshops, have been ongoing despite restrictions in Fiji caused by COVID-19. …
Pacific media urged to highlight gender resilience
06/07/2021 By: Elenoa Turagaiviu
FBC News, Fiji
There is a lot more that the Pacific Media can do to adequately tell of Pacific resilience in the face of disasters says FEMLink Pacific.
Speaking at the Pacific Resilience Meeting Media Masterclass,…
Pacific Education: Many of Pacific students are still unable to return to school
Many of these students are still unable to return to school for a variety of reasons.
In Papua New Guinea, although the nationwide lockdown - which affected 2.4 million students - was lifted in May, some schools have chosen not to reopen because of the…
Pacific Regional Education Framework founded on ‘traditional communal’ practices
Photo: A primary school teacher during class in Vanuatu
Regional education framework echoes traditional communal ethos
Pacific Education: Computers to support learning in primary schools
COVID-19 has amplified the need for Pacific Education systems to invest in their schools’ ICT facilities to support online learning. However, many of these education systems are constrained by factors like their country’s under-developed ICT…
Pacific Education: Good data is essential for making sound decisions and monitoring progress
Good education data is essential for Pacific Education systems to gauge the impact of education policies and make sound education decisions. The data is also needed to calculate PIC’s progress toward achieving the targets of SDG4 and the Pacific Regional…