Education

Editorial: It Takes A Village To Raise A Child
Editorial

Editorial: It Takes A Village To Raise A Child

The people your children are around with in their everyday life play a part and contribute to the type of citizen th...

Rethinking University Education In The Post Pandemic Period
Analysis

Rethinking University Education In The Post Pandemic Period

The Fiji National University was reconstituted as a University in 2010 although its genesis began in 1885. The learn...

Death Of A School Teacher In Alleged Suicide Shows Mental Health Counselling, Treatment Essential
Sunvoice

Death Of A School Teacher In Alleged Suicide Shows Mental Health Counselling, Treatment Essential

We know that there has been an upsurge in mental cases at St Giles Hospital. But these are reported cases. What abou...

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama Makes Decades-Long Dream Come True For Village
NEWS

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama Makes Decades-Long Dream Come True For Village

Teachers and young students finally get kindergarten classroom after going without one since 1982

Teachers Can Appeal Ministry’s MyAPA Decision Says Education Minister
NEWS

Teachers Can Appeal Ministry’s MyAPA Decision Says Education Minister

Ms Akbar made the comment in light of the Fiji Teachers Confederation (FTC) recent advertisement voicing its disappo...

Shivanjali Graduates Virtually In Nepal
Feature

Shivanjali Graduates Virtually In Nepal

This week, her class graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. An elated Ms ...

Good Turnout On First Day Of School Says Education Ministry
NEWS

Good Turnout On First Day Of School Says Education Ministry

Minister for Education Rosy thanked the children and encouraged them to continue to go to school and make the best o...

Education Minister Welcomes Teachers Back To School
NEWS

Education Minister Welcomes Teachers Back To School

Minister Akbar, thanks to teachers for their resilience and preparedness to deal with the devastation of TC Harold a...

Back To School: Raibe Looks Forward To A Challenging Start
NEWS

Back To School: Raibe Looks Forward To A Challenging Start

Kasiano Raibe, who is a teacher at Somolevu Catholic School in the Yasawa Group, left his Lautoka home last week to ...

No Deans Says Education Minster
SUNBIZ

No Deans Says Education Minster

The Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts said it was important all school curriculums should be covered after t...

Education Technology For Lifelong Learning
Analysis, Feature

Education Technology For Lifelong Learning

While traditional classroom learning may be preferred or required in the case of hands-on trade schools and the scie...

Akbar Offers 12-Acre Land For Anyone Interested In Utilising It For Agricultural Purposes
Feature

Akbar Offers 12-Acre Land For Anyone Interested In Utilising It For Agricultural Purposes

“Around five families between Ba and Nadi have contacted me to have a look at the land. I am very happy that I am ...

My APA: Eligible Teachers And Staff To Be Paid By End Of Financial Year
NEWS

My APA: Eligible Teachers And Staff To Be Paid By End Of Financial Year

He also stated that payments made under My APA are not pay rises, but are evidence and performance-based salary incr...

30 Students Of Qamea Island Benefit From Village Funds
Island News

30 Students Of Qamea Island Benefit From Village Funds

Qamea Island advisory councillor Petro Dera said secondary school students received $100 each and tertiary students ...

Education Ministry To Review Scheduled Opening Of Schools On June 16th
NEWS

Education Ministry To Review Scheduled Opening Of Schools On June 16th

This was revealed yesterday in Parliament by the Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar, who said schools would only ope...

Fiji’s Education Minister’s ‘Barter Bug’ Soars
Feature

Fiji’s Education Minister’s ‘Barter Bug’ Soars

“We are headed through very tough times and I would like to urge an appeal to people if they have to go out of the...

Social Media And Its Creative Challenges
Opinion

Social Media And Its Creative Challenges

Social media is a gold mine for new and creative trends – some can be very entertaining and some fall in my inspir...

‘Pick Educational Resources Now’
NEWS

‘Pick Educational Resources Now’

Heads of schools are encouraged to work in consultation with their Divisional and District Education Offices and und...

Five-Year-Old Connecting On Zoom In Pre-School Learning, Here’s How Parents Are Coping With The ‘New Normal’ At Home
Feature

Five-Year-Old Connecting On Zoom In Pre-School Learning, Here’s How Parents Are Coping With The ‘New Normal’ At Home

It may be a new form of learning in Fiji, but in developed countries, homeschooling is common.

Students Get Free Access To Education Channel
NEWS

Students Get Free Access To Education Channel

Students from kindergarten to Year 13 will now be able to access educational programmes through a new free-to-air Ed...

Year 12 And Year 13 Language Project To Be 100% Examination
NEWS

Year 12 And Year 13 Language Project To Be 100% Examination

A circular sent on Tuesday by the Acting Permanent Secretary for Education Susan Kiran revealed that examinations fo...

Naleba College Pilots Lunch Programme As Part Of Healthy Diet Initiative
NATION

Naleba College Pilots Lunch Programme As Part Of Healthy Diet Initiative

Home economics teacher Shobhna Kumar said the main aim of the programme was for students to know the proportion of f...

Education Minister Pleased Queen Victoria School Parents, Guardians, Teachers Meet Over Student Issues
NEWS

Education Minister Pleased Queen Victoria School Parents, Guardians, Teachers Meet Over Student Issues

Rosy Akbar says she is pleased to see Queen Victoria School parents and guardians meeting with stakeholders to highl...

From The Matua Programme To Law School, Miliakere Says It’s Never Too Late To Go Back To School
Careers

From The Matua Programme To Law School, Miliakere Says It’s Never Too Late To Go Back To School

“Sometimes I wanted to give up when the journey was tough but my children were always there to encourage me and th...

Parents, Guardians Raise Concerns About Students’ Safety and Security At Queen Victoria School
NEWS

Parents, Guardians Raise Concerns About Students’ Safety and Security At Queen Victoria School

The meeting was organised after a senior student allegedly raped a Year 9 student on January 26 this year. The stude...

Bullying In Schools Highlights Need For Mental Health Officers, Counsellors
Analysis

Bullying In Schools Highlights Need For Mental Health Officers, Counsellors

Many of our teachers are not trained and equipped to deal with the range of issues that rebellious students present....

Is Bullying Assault, And Should It Be Criminalised Where Offenders Must Face Our Justice System?
Analysis

Is Bullying Assault, And Should It Be Criminalised Where Offenders Must Face Our Justice System?

A recent case where a student was allegedly hit within the school premises by other students using a table leg was s...

From the Mountain To The Sea: Highlander Teacher, Says Island Life Amazes Him
Island News

From the Mountain To The Sea: Highlander Teacher, Says Island Life Amazes Him

Coming from the highlands and to experiencing island life has given him a totally new perception of life especially ...

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