Students of Government schools throughout Tonga held various tree planting programs to mark the London coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, on Saturday, 6 May.
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Tuesday 9 May 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Friday 28 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is the first island nation to sign-up to a competition, which aims to drive a new level of innovative thinking and problem-solving amongst the country’s youth. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has partnered with the Tonga’s Ministry of Education in the competition 'Samsung Solve for Tomorrow' for students this year.
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A combined graduation ceremony for two government tertiary institutes saw 290 students receiving certificates for vocational education today, in Nuku'alofa.
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Tuesday 6 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Eleven students who have been awarded the Chinese Government's scholarships in the past three-years attended a reception, on 3 September. The students were not able to travel to China, due to the COVID-19 situation, however, the Embassy will cover their travel expenses, now that the borders have re-opened.
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Friday 24 June 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Currently across Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu, between 50-90% of school buildings are at high risk of major damage following disasters. A Safer Schools Program aims to reduce risks by strengthening school infrastructure against the impacts of natural disasters. The World Bank's emergency finance package to support Tonga’s post-disaster recovery and reconstruction needs will include building more disaster resilient schools.
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Wednesday 25 May 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
First term school fees for 3849 secondary school students throughout Tonga are being paid under the World Bank's SET Project. A total of $962,250 pa'anga was disbursed from the World Bank's SET Project on 23 May, to pay the Term 1 fees for eligible secondary students of disadvantaged families.
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Friday 11 June 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A program to support home schooling will start this month with the Ministry of Education providing a variety of tools to teachers, parents, and carers of students, in the event schools close down due to the pandemic or natural disaster. In addition, 80 teacher ambassadors have been selected across Tonga to be trained in distant education using technology.
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Friday 27 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Hundreds of young students from various Government Primary Schools in Nuku'alofa today performed in a cultural dance competition, at the Tonga High School field. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Friday 6 November 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A soroban team from primary schools on the eastern district of Tongatapu won the 2020 Tonga National Soroban competition on November 5, in Nuku'alofa.
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Thursday 20 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Youngsters from Tokomololo Government Primary School won the western (Hihifo) district soroban competition today, the last one for Tongatapu.
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Friday 22 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Students from Liahona High School, Tupou College, and Tonga College are conducting peacekeeping patrols every Friday afternoon in Nuku’alofa in a strategy to prevent and reduce school fights.
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Wednesday 20 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A professional development program for teachers established by the Ministry of Education earlier this year is helping to rebuild Tonga’s education system, aligning it to local, regional and international codes of teaching standards and achieving better learning outcomes.
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Thursday 30 April 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new classroom building costing $200,000 pa'anga for the Government Primary School at Ha’alalo was commissioned by the Minister for Education and Training, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni and the Japanese Ambassador to Tonga, HE Mr Tetsuya Ishii on Thursday 23 April.
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Tuesday 24 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All schools in Tonga will be shut down on Friday, March 27 for two weeks, as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic. Tonga currently has no confirmed cases.
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Monday 11 November 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dr Tangikina Moimoi Steen has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Education and Training for two-years, starting on November 11.
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Thursday 24 October 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan people are gifted with strong language learning talents, the Chinese Charge’d Affaires to Tonga noted, during a China Day event held for Chinese language students and teachers from Tonga High School and Tonga College on October 23 in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 25 January 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Claude Tupou, the Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Education and Training had his Contract of Employment terminated.
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Wednesday 16 January 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
While Ministry of Education officials are saying, unofficially, that Cabinet last week approved for the Transport Sector Public Enterprise to take over the management of the Tonga Maritime Poly-Technical Institute from the ministry, the staff of the Polytech have not been told what's going on.
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Tuesday 4 September 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga and China’s relationship appears to be on a high, according to speakers at a 'Welcome-back Reception' for 64 delegates from the Ministries of Education and Tonga Assets Management Association Ltd, who recently attended seminars in China with their Chinese counterparts.
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Monday 23 July 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Classroom furniture valued at more than NZD$100,000 was donated by the New Zealand Government to Tonga's Ministry of Education as part of it's efforts to assist recovery after Cyclone Gita.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.