Education

Nauru Education plays a key role in the progress of the country. Get information about the education system and various institutes in Nauru.

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In Fiji, the role of government in education is to provide an environment in which children realize their full potential, and school is free from age 6 to 16. Primary schools are encouraged to develop in interaction with local communities, to be creative, and to find the different sparks that ignite the minds of every child.

In 2011, the Palau Ministry of Education (PMOE) began the development of a secondary career and interest assessment tool to engage their students grades nine through 12 in career exploration.

There is not a great deal to be said about education in Micronesia, beyond the bald fact that it is supposed to be compulsory for 8 years. In this poor country, 18.4% of youngsters get as far as college, 32% make it to high school and 36% just to elementary school, while the rest never go to school at all. The 6 years of elementary education are free. Learn more here.

In traditional Marshallese society, the youth learned essential skills, concepts, and attitudes through direct involvement with family and community. Persons with special knowledge or skills trained selected apprentices to preserve the skills and cultural knowledge. In 1857, the Boston Missionary Society arrived to establish church schools on 22 atolls.

Education in Papua New Guinea is still not compulsory and as a result adult illiteracy rates are likely to remain high. Elementary schooling takes 2 years at a local community school where the medium of education is the local language. Following this introductory period, children aged 9 to 14 remain on at the same community schools to complete their grades 3 to 8.

Education in Papua New Guinea is not compulsory, and in the mid-1980s only one-third of the population was literate. The present government aims at upgrading and improving the system and quality of education. Children attend state-run community schools for primary education and provincial and national high schools for secondary education.

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