Results for Education

The construction of a $60 million sports complex for Tonga High School by the People's Republic of China is going ahead, after a ground breaking ceremony was held on 20 January in Nuku'alofa.

School children in Tonga will receive a gift of pencils containing seeds that can be planted after the pencil is used-up. The 10,000 pencils made from recycled paper and containing tomatoes, chilli and mustard seeds, were donated to school children in Tonga by Queen Nanasipau’u on 20 January.

The 2022 Dux of Tonga High School, Malia Mafi was awarded the King Tupou VI Coronation Scholarship to study at Otago University, in New Zealand.

More than 80 teachers graduated from the government’s Tonga Institute of Education on 13 December in Nuku'alofa, with various qualifications to work in secondary, primary and early childhood teaching.

The 2022 Dux of Tonga High School and Head Girl, Malia Mafi, received her awards during the government secondary school’s prize giving ceremony on 9 December.

A total of 167 graduates from the University of the South Pacific Tonga Campus celebrated their graduation at Falemasiva Hall on 18 of November. Samoa’s Head of State, Afioga Uimalealiifano Vaaletoa Eti Sualauvi II, as Chancellor of the University, conferred the degrees.

Eighteen senior students at Beulah Adventist College were excited to receive laptop computers on 4 November, under a national programme to encourage further online learning, funded by government.

Two women civil servants received their Masters' Degrees and Post Graduate Certificates from institutions in Japan, in an award ceremony in Nuku'alofa, on 27 October. "Last year, two male civil servants were awarded the same opportunity. This year, these two young women proved that engineering is not a career for men only," said Mr Hiroaki Takashima, JICA representative,

Three Liahona High School students received Doma-Miko Arts Scholarships for 2022, presented by Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho at Liahona High School, on 18 October.