Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) 2021: Meet Marcellino Yang, PILNA National Coordinator 2021 – Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
PILNA, being the region’s largest assessment, focusses on the literacy and numeracy proficiency skills of Year 4 and Year 6 students. These are required skills that children need to progress through school and life, including literacy skills in reading…
Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) 2021: Meet Josaia Sila, PILNA National Coordinator 2021 - Fiji
PILNA, being the region’s largest assessment, focusses on the literacy and numeracy proficiency skills of Year 4 and Year 6 students. These are required skills that children need to progress through school and life, including literacy skills in reading…
Sub-regional Collaboration and Learning Event on School Leadership
This learning event on school leadership is targeted at education ministry officials whose expertise and key responsibilities include the implementation of their respective national school leadership standards and the monitoring of their school…
First regional micro-qualifications in sports ready for accreditation process
Three micro-qualifications developed for the region’s sports administrators, coaches and trainers have been endorsed by the Pacific’s key sports stakeholders and will soon be processed for accreditation by the Pacific Community (SPC).
SPC supports internal quality assurance training for 17 TVET institutions in Fiji
A robust internal quality assurance framework is critical to creating and supporting a high standard of student learning and wellbeing in any higher education institution.
Conversation with Maria Yamsiu: South Pacific Form Seven Certificate 2021
How has your involvement in the implementation of the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate Francophone curriculum helped Vanuatu’s education system in 2021?
An investment for the future - New study aims to strengthen teachers’ English literacy skills in Kiribati
A new study to explore the teaching practices of English Language teachers at the Kiribati Teachers College, the country’s only teacher training institution, has begun.
The study, which was jointly designed by Kiribati’s Ministry of…
Harmonisation of the Regional Year 13 assessment brings new opportunities for Vanuatu’s Francophone students
Almost a decade long commitment to compiling the curriculum and assessments for the Francophone version of the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) yielded success in 2021, providing Francophone students with a qualification that provides better…
PacREF MEL 'Learning' Workshop
The two-day learning event is to allow for partners in the PacREF to share their experiences from implementing their various activities to improve Pacific education. The lessons shared from the exercise should serve to inform and improve future practice…