According to the MOE, they will tackle “a potentially critical but unpublicized national problem – that of Palau’s students not completing college or not even going into college at all.”
As director of curriculum and instruction 10 years ago, MOE Minister Masa-Aki N. Emesiochl also acquired US grant to initiate the school-to-work efforts that facilitate transition of students from Palau High School to Palau Community College (PCC) and into the workforce.
The MOE will use the $1.5M grant to address three areas. First, scholarships will be provided to college students. Second, funds will be provided to PCC so that it can pursue its own initiatives toward increasing students’ post-secondary success. And third, MOE will establish “sustainable institutional processes that provide effective pathways for students to transition from secondary schools into post-secondary schools, and to succeed there.”
With PCC as its partner, MOE aims to establish sustainable institutional programs that will continue to facilitate student post-secondary success beyond the life of the grant.
“The grant funds are only available for one, and possibly two, years. While direct scholarship has the most immediate effect, the ministry expects longer lasting benefits from the grant,” MOE said.
Through this US grant, MOE said it now has the opportunity to target the country’s college level students. They aim to improve and expand the “school-to-work legacy and establish institutional mechanisms that increase their chances for post-secondary success.”
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