Oceania sport sector set to benefit from milestone ONOC-SPC partnership
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Key design changes in PILNA research to yield more helpful data for Pacific education
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EQAP's Large Scale Assessment Team Leader Torika Tora, left, with EQAP Director Dr Michelle Belisle during the PILNA Steering Committee
Steering Committee on PILNA to convene ahead of Pacific education board meeting
THE Steering Committee for the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) convenes today to deliberate on how to best conduct the region-wide research amid the challenges posed by COVID19.
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EQAP consultations with PNG's Education deputy secretary Walipe Wingi (pictured on screen) and director Regina Mabia.
Timely boost for quality education in the Pacific
The regional effort to transform Pacific education is expected to gain traction following the recent approval of USD 15 million (EUR 12.3 million) in grant money to the education partnership under the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF). The regional grant for the improvement of basic education in the Pacific was confirmed by the international funding platform, Global Partnership for Education (GPE), in a release last month.
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I-Kiribati primary school students during a Maths class. Kiribati is one of the six Pacific island countries that agreed to pool their funds from GPE for the PacREF work. (Picture Credit: Danica Waiti/SPC)
Regional Form 7 students achieve 89% pass rate despite year of disruptions
In 2020, a total of 1,233 students in the South Pacific Form Seven Certificate (SPFSC) programme overcame the challenges of COVID-19 to successfully complete the requirements of the regional qualification. According to the results released last month, this represents an impressive 89 per cent pass rate.
The regional Year 13 certificate qualification, administered by the Pacific Community’s Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP), is undertaken by students in Kiribati, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
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Year 13 students of Vanuatu's Aore Academy studying for their SPFSC examinations last year. CREDIT: Aore Academy
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14 April 2021
CSOs supporting work on the Pacific #InclusiveEducation framework presented during the final day of the education ministers meeting, #FEdMM.
The virtual meeting coordinated by the #PacREF Facilitating Unit was convened for Fiji-based participants at USP.
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31 March 2021
#EQAP #Reflections: From imagining what we want #PacificEducation to look like in 2040 to re-thinking education with a cultural lens.
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30 March 2021
#EQAP conducts the final country training on the #PILNA coding process with Fiji.
Coding accuracy is crucial for the integrity of the regional study.
Hence, much ⏲️ & resources have been invested to ensure all teams from the 1⃣5⃣ countries are thoroughly prepared.
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24 March 2021
This MOU commits ONOC's @oceaniaolympic Oceania Sport Education Programme #OSEP to accredit its courses against the Pacific Qualifications Framework.
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