Tongan vocational students will have access to better training opportunities under an agreement signed by The Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and Tupou Tertiary Institute (TTI) in August.
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Wednesday 2 September 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Wednesday 26 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Feletoa and Taoa students celebrated the commissioning of their new classrooms at two Government Primary Schools in Vava'u on August 19.
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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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Tuesday 11 August 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Some 150 young students from 13 primary schools competed today at the Tongatapu Central District soroban competition.
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Thursday 9 July 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Free online training videos were launched by Tonga Skills on 8 July, teaching tapa printing, product design and food safety skills.
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Tuesday 30 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Today’s home school trial was deemed a success by some primary, secondary, and tertiary students from the Tu’atakilangi area of Tongatapu using the radio, TV, and internet.
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Monday 29 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All students from Early Childhood Education, Classes 1-6, Forms 1-7, and Tertiary level will learn from home on June 30, for a one-day trial organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, using a variety of platforms, including internet, radio, TV and paper-based distance education.
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Tuesday 23 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A payment program to help alleviate financial constraints many poor and vulnerable households are facing to keep their children in school, was launched today in Nuku’alofa. Payment will be made to 1,162 Tongan households to support over 2,000 secondary students through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program.
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Monday 15 June 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Schools are supporting their students to lead healthier lifestyles through a Health Promoting School program (HPS) or ‘Api ako Ma‘a Lahi, implemented by the Ministry of Education and Training (MET).
Monday 15 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A trial for students to learn from home for one day on 30 June, has been organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, in case schools have to close should CoViD-19 reach Tonga. Teaching materials and lessons will be delivered to students at home through several platforms including internet, radio, TV, paper based distance education
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Thursday 11 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Fua’amotu Government Primary School (GPS) classroom building upgraded by the Government of Japan was handed over by Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Mr Kamada Yasuhiko, on 11 June.
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Wednesday 10 June 2020
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Apia, Samoa
Two young Tongan students are continuing their training at the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) in Samoa, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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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Thursday 21 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Ten people including business owners and members from the Fisi'ihangale community group in Popua completed a training course on wood carving and making carving tools, from May 4-15.
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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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Wednesday 6 May 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Government will pay the second term school fees for all students in government and non-government secondary schools from Forms 1 to 7, through the government’s Education CoViD-19 Relief Assistance.
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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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Thursday 19 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
All secondary schools in Tonga will add an extra hour to their daily timetable to prepare for a possible school shutdown, amid the COVID-19 global outbreak, the Minister for Education and Training, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni said today, 19 March. The Secondary Schools Inter-college Sports event due to be held in April has been postponed to November.
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Wednesday 18 March 2020
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Nuku'alofa Tonga
The Kingdom Flight Training, Tonga’s first Aviation School was launched on Tuesday, 17 March at the Real Tongan Airline depot at Fua’amotu Airport.
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