Regional Short Story Writing Competition for International Literacy Day 2025
Competition Guidelines
Theme: Weaving traditional literacy with digital tools in the Blue Pacific
Stories should reflect Pacific identity, culture and values, while exploring how traditional wisdom and modern tools shape our lives today.
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Remarks of Dr Michelle Belisle at the 2025 International Literacy Day celebrations
International Literacy Day 2024 Regional Photo Competition
Photography Competition Guidelines
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Celebrating 20 years of the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate
Authored by Michelle Belisle, Director Educational Quality and Assessment Programme at the Pacific Community (SPC).
Voices of the Pacific Youth: A literacy learning tool
SPC launches new Pacific-specific literacy intervention tools - International Literacy Day 2024
The Pacific Community (SPC), together with its regional education stakeholders, launched two literacy resources during this year’s International Literacy Day (ILD) celebrations. These resources can now be used by Pacific’s educators to strengthen…
Voices of Pacific youth through poetry
“In the written words, we discover our voices, A powerful tool, a pathway of choices”.
These are lines from the poem written by Anita Phineas, that won first place in the 2023 International Literacy Day (ILD) Regional Poetry Competition.
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!