Regional education assessment helps Pacific students achieve their full potential
Almost 10 years ago, the Pacific Community (SPC) launched an assessment of the region's literacy and numeracy performance in primary schools. Thanks to a flexible approach based on the Pacific tradition of constant adaptation and dialogue, this…
Literacy Day - What is literacy?
In Pacific Education, literacy is defined as “the knowledge and skills necessary to empower a person to communicate through any form of language in their society and the wider world, with respect to all aspects of everyday life.”
SPC celebrating International Literacy Day
Happy International Literacy Day!
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.
Read this…
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,…