Results for Education

Ten Tongan students joined an international school-based leadership programme, hosted in Tongatapu, for eight days from 24 September to 1 October, along with 14 students from New Zealand and Australia, organised by the Future Leader’s Academy at Makeke Camp.

US Peace Corps in Tonga welcomed nine new volunteer teachers today at the start of a redeployment of volunteers in Tonga. Peace Corps Group 85 made their pledge of service before the US Ambassador Marie Damour, at a swearing in ceremony held at the Kupesi Hotel, Fua’amotu.

Tonga Police headquarters welcomed children from the Maamaloa Kindergarten, who visited under an educational program, on Friday, 1 September.

A Free Breakfasts for Schools programme, launched last week by the government in an effort to improve child nutrition and well-being, has met with some hiccups. Breakfasts provided by the Ministry of Education and Training have started to roll out to primary and middle schools across the country but supply issues mean that the programme is not up to full speed yet and some missed out.

The Ambassador of Japan to Tonga HE Mr. Munenaga Kensaku, volunteered to teach a Japanese language class at a Tongan school on 9 August.

New Zealand Universities are now accepting students who have completed the Tongan National Form Seven Certificate (TNFSC) programme. Tonga's Prime Minister's Office announced on 4 August, that the qualification has been accepted as "meeting the minimum requirements" for entrance to a New Zealand University.

A group of students and teachers from Newington College of Sydney, Australia visited Tupou College from 6-13 July.

School furniture, including desks and chairs donated by Catholic Schools in Australia, is being put to use by school students during their exams this week, at 'Apifo'ou College.

A group of Pacific Island students, including Tongans, visited the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii, on 22-26 May, under a new program “Pathways for the Advancement of Pacific Islanders (PAPI)”.