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  • About EQAP
    • Focus Areas
      • Education Data, Quality and System Management
      • Information Technologies for Education
      • Education Research
      • Education Policy
      • Large Scale Assessments
      • Curricula and Assessments
      • Teacher Competencies
      • Qualifications and Accreditations
      • PacREF Priorities
    • PacREF
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  • Innovations
    • PILNA
    • Micro-Qualification
  • SPFSC
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    Educational Quality and Assessment Programme

    Strengthening the quality of education in the Pacific.

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SPFSC Resources: syllabi (prescriptions), Exam Papers (question and answer booklets), Scoring Rubrics
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Pacific Islands Literacy & Numeracy Assessment (PILNA)

More female students in Kiribati, Vanuatu and Tuvalu are choosing to study science. In 2020, almost half (48%) of the Year 13 SPFSC students enrolled in physics, biology and chemistry were female. #EQAP #PacificEducation
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Between 33% - 40% of the region's Year 4 and Year 6 students' teachers had never attended a professional training in the area of student welfare, inclusive education and leadership skills within three years, according to the PILNA 2018 research. *Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment. #EQAP #PacificEducation
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Female students are showing a strong interest in ICT. In 2020, 57% of the 304 students who successfully completed the regional SPFSC course in ICT were females. A similar success rate of 58% was recorded in 2019. #EQAP #PacificEducation
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Girls significantly outperform boys in literacy. In a 2018 Pacific-wide assessment* of 19,957 students at the Year 6 grade level, the girls' performance mean score in writing was 35 points greater than the boys. #EQAP #PacificEducation
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One in four Year 4 & 6 students who participated in the 2018 PILNA study had teachers whose highest qualification was a certificate or lower. #EQAP #PacificEducation
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A total of 242 qualifications listed on PRQS
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Students who attended an early childhood programme achieved an average literacy score that was 13 points higher than the score of those who did NOT attend an early childhood programme.
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57% of the Pacific's youth are enrolled in upper secondary education
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Overall pupil-teacher ratio in Pacific education systems vary widely, dependent on geographical size of country.
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Critical thinking and problem solving remain the most challenging aspects of learning for the region's students.
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Only 39% of the 40,000-plus Year 4 and Year 6 students who took part in the PILNA 2018 study had a family member who supported their reading at home.
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Only 56% of the teachers expressed confidence in teaching students how to compose and organise their ideas when writing.
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Pacific primary school teachers need more support in the teaching of foundational geometry and data and chance.
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At the country level, between 33-77% of the Pacific's students at the Y4 and Y6 grade levels eat breakfast, lunch and dinner on a normal day.
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EQAP works with the education systems of 15 Pacific island countries to provide the region’s learners with a quality education that helps them to achieve their f`ull potential and promotes lifelong learning; securing prosperity and peace for themselves and their communities.
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