A Look At Vocational Education In Our Schools For The 21st Century
Before the turn of the 21st century, Fiji had developed a well-balanced education system providing academic and vocational education.
Sunday 27 August 2023 | 16:54
TVET students at Fiji National University’s (FNU) College of Engineering, Science and Technology. Photo: Fiji National University
(The following is a statement by the former principal of Rishikul College. The views expressed are of the writer and not of the Fiji Sun.)
Before the turn of the 21st century, Fiji had developed a well-balanced education system providing academic and vocational education.
For a small country, we did extremely well.
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People associated with education took pride and our school leavers did well.
There were many secondary schools that had well-established and resourced vocational educational centres offering light-engineering, carpentry/joinery, and many more programmes.
Teachers were trained and school managements spent thousands of dollars to build and maintain infrastructure, and school principals provided leadership.
The system worked well and had become an integral part of the school and education systems.
This was the case at my old school, Rishikul College in Nasinu.
During my 17 long years as principal, I had developed an excellent vocational faculty with a head of department.
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