PACIFIC: Education reforms to boost Pacific learning
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Education in the Pacific is again in the spotlight, with two nations implementing programs to enhance development. Tonga is establishing a National Qualifications and Accreditation Board, to help highschool graduates further their education; while Fiji is working to create a registration board to raise teacher standards. The developments are taking place against the backdrop of a wider debate over whether education in the Pacific should be standardised, and whether students are better serviced on their home islands or abroad.
Presenter: Megan Flamer
Speakers: Tuifua Takapautolo, deputy director for the post secondary and higher education division in Tonga's Education Ministry; Filipe Bole, Fiji's Interim Education Minister; Richard Wah, Senior Professional Officer with the South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment
