The workshop was attended by officers from Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap Departments of Education as well as representatives from FSM-COM.
The purpose of the workshop was to design an accreditation system whereby the National Department of Education, in collaboration with state department, will evaluate schools against a set of minimum standards.
Standards for school facilities, curriculum, improvement plans, leadership, teacher performance and data management were drafted in the workshop.
These standards will be further developed and refined over the coming weeks.
When the accreditation system is in place, the secretary of education will award a national special certificate of accreditation to those schools that meet or exceed the accreditation standards. These schools will be rewarded with special incentives.
