Results for Education

Queen Salote College marked its centennial today, 12 March 2026, with church service followed by a grand celebration at Mala'e Pangai Lahi in Nukuʻalofa, honouring the history and legacy of the college established in 1926.

In celebration of the Commonwealth Day today, 9 March 2026, HRH Princess Nanasipau’u Eliana with the British High Commission in Tonga, launched the Commonwealth Children’s Booklet 2026, that will help children to learn more about the Commonwealth countries.

The construction of classrooms and a multipurpose hall for the Free Wesleyan Primary and Middle School in Kolovai will improve the quality of education for students, in a project funded under Japan's Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP), which was officially signed in a ceremony yesterday.

In New Zealand, Dr. Linda Palavi received her doctoral degree in Population Health from Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, this week. Palavi’s family comes from the villages of Kolofo’ou and Kolomotu’a in Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu.

Tonga High School Head Girl, Sulia He 'I Vakaola Ilangana (18), was named the Dux of Tonga High School for 2025, after achieving top marks in Form 7 Chemistry and Biology.

‘Atenisi University celebrated its 50th anniversary (1975-2025) on Saturday, with a graduation ceremony for the class of 2025, in Nuku'alofa. The Dux 2025, Olivia Lolohea, said her grandfather, the late Professor ‘Ilaisa Futa Helu, founder of 'Atenisi, “...called us to cultivate independant thought - to question, to reason and to analyze. That is the gift of 'Atenisi, a place where critical inquiry is the core.”

Over 3,400 senior students throughout Tonga are sitting their national exams, including Form 5 students who have been brought back into the Tonga School Certificate (TSC) national examination.

'Eua High School students won the Form 6 and open categories of the 2025 Japanese Speech Contest on Friday, 12 September at Tailulu College Hall, Nuku'alofa. The Form 5 level was won by Mele’unga Lolohea of Tailulu College and Form 4 by Mauiana Lemoto of Tonga High School.

A five-year initiative aimed at strengthening climate resilience within Tonga's education system was launched by the Government and Save the Children Tonga in an official partnership agreement signing on 20 August in Nuku'alofa.