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The Council of Pacific Education (COPE) is a regional organisation of education unions from the South Pacific Region. [1] COPE is a sub-branch of Education International's (EI) Asia and Pacific regional division. The COPE office is based in Suva, Fiji. The current Secretary General is Neselinda Meta.
The University of the South Pacific is a regional Pacific university, with campuses on a number of Pacific islands. Its main campus is in Suva. The University of Fiji was set up by a church and is based in the West with a rising allocation from the subsidiary if ministry of education Fiji, heritage and arts.
The U.S. held the islands under the Trust and Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) which required them to establish systems of self-government, which included an education system. Established by the U.S. Navy, this system took the form of a kindergarten to grade 8 schooling system and operated for six days a week. [3]
Kiribati Ministry of Education is the education ministry. Kiribati has 94 elementary schools, 24 junior high schools, and 16 senior high schools. The government high schools are King George V and Elaine Bernacchi School, Tabiteuea North Senior Secondary School, and Melaengi Tabai Secondary School; [8] Tabiteuea North, in Eita, is also known as Teabike College. [9]
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [5] finds that Papua New Guinea is fulfilling 68.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [6] HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both primary education and secondary education.
Education in the Cook Islands has close ties with the educational system of New Zealand. Primary and secondary education are free and attendance is compulsory for children between the ages of five and fifteen. [1] [2] Some degree courses are provided by the University of the South Pacific. [1]
Two unofficial but pioneer Pan-Pacific Educational Conferences were called in Honolulu in 1921 by the Pan-Pacific Union and in San Francisco in 1923. [1] Governor Wallace R. Farrington of Hawaii had been anxious for a number of years to have President Coolidge and officials of the United States Department of the Interior visit Hawaii, so that they might have first-hand information regarding ...
It has an estimated population of 68,480 [1] and is one of the sixteen member states of the Pacific Islands Forum. Since 1979, the Marshall Islands has been self-governing. While the Marshall Islands has a Bill of Rights guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedom from discrimination, it is home to a number of human rights issues. According to ...