Free quality education for all Ni-Vans inluding disadvantage groups

In January 2020, the Government announced a new scheme, where the Vanuatu National Provident Fund (VNPF) offered VT500 million to the Ministry of Education, (MoET) to administer a loan scheme, in which members can borrow against their own retirement savings to fund their children’s (or their own) education.

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KoBLE: Preparing to celebrate 43 years of independence, is a good time to give our education system a full check-up. How have we done?

KoBLE: Preparing to celebrate 43 years of independence, is a good time to give our education system a full check-up. How have we done?

Whilst it is great to celebrate freeing ourselves from colonialism and becoming an independent sovereign nation, what have we replaced it with? Or have we even replaced it? For the Kolisen Blong Leftemap Edukesen (KoBLE) Association and its members, the question remains — how satisfied are we with the country’s performance in all levels of education, formal, informal and non-formal since independence?