Launch of ‘EQAP Elevate’ platform to foster dialogue on quality education
The Educational Quality and Assessment Programme’s talanoa series, EQAP Elevate, was successfully launched today at the Pacific Community’s Suva campus in Fiji. EQAP Elevate aims to draw focus to quality education in the region; to share best…
PILNA 2018 – a snapshot of the Pacific region’s proficiency in literacy and numeracy
Are the Pacific region’s Year 4 and Year 6 students making strong progress in learning the basic literacy and numeracy skills? What aspects of these foundational skills are the most challenging for them to learn? What specific concepts and skills should…
SPC’s Education Programme releases regional South Pacific Form Seven results
The Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP) of the Pacific Community (SPC) has released last week the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) results.
The SPC-supported SPFSC allows the region to have a qualification that is regionally…
Regional Workshop: Literacy and Numeracy Item Writing for the Fourth Cycle of PILNA
This marks the start of the fourth administration of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment. Item writing is one of the crucial activities in the PILNA process that has to be carried out at the earliest opportunity in the beginning of…
Pacific Qualifications Advisory Board Meeting- Opening remarks by EQAP Director Dr Michelle Belisle
Photo: EQAP Director Dr Michelle Belisle welcomes the Pacific Qualifications Advisory Board which began its two-day meeting at the SPC Nabua Campus this morning. The board’s new chair is Dr 'Uhilamoelangi Fasi, seated to Dr Belisle’s right. Papua New…
Pacific Qualifications Assurance Advisory Board Meeting
The Pacific Quality Assurance Advisory Board will meet over two days to discuss the future direction of EQAP's qualifications work in terms of its support of national accrediting agencies. As the regional quality assurance agency, EQAP's…
Regional Form Seven Exams (SPFSC) commence in Kiribati, Vanuatu and Tuvalu
Tafea College students studying for exams. Tafea College is one of 13 schools in Vanuatu that administers the SPFSC exams.
30 October 2019
A total of 1,122 students have begun sitting for the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) exams in Kiribati…
Contextual data of PILNA 2018 throws new light on Pacific education
The contextual data of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) 2018 was cause for excitement for education representatives at a workshop on PILNA 2018 data earlier this month.
PILNA 2018 Data Workshop Opening Remarks by EQAP Director Dr Michelle Belisle
Opening remarks by Educational Quality & Assessment Programme (EQAP) Director Dr Michelle Belisle
Good morning and a warm welcome to all of you as we begin our very first Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment, or PILNA, data workshop.…
Training on Referencing of Qualifications Frameworks
Pacific Island countries need to be able to reference qualifications frameworks against each other in order to determine equivalences and possibly mutual recognition. Without clear, in-depth knowledge of the different national qualification…