SUVA (Pacnews) — Tuvalu’s Department of Education has called for a national education forum before the end of the year following concerns over poor secondary school examination results.
This was disclosed at the Institute of Education advisory seminar and donors meeting at the University of the South Pacific, which ended recently. Representing Tuvalu was the head teacher in Funafuti Primary School, Temukisa Hauma.
He said that in spite of donor assistance and the “valiant” support by the Tuvalu government for the education for life initiative, there was general public dissatisfaction with the quality of education.
Poor secondary school results in external examinations at the end of 2001 only heightened concerns.
It had become a priority issue because given Tuvalu’s lack of a viable economic base, the proper development of its human resources was crucial for the country to achieve its economic goals, Hauma said.
