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EDITORIAL COMMENT | Setting it right!
10+ hour, 44+ min ago (458+ words) So, children in multicultural classrooms need local contexts and oral traditions reflected in their reading materials rather than traditional Euro-centric definitions. Well, that’s according to Professor Margaret Sims of Macquarie University, who is also an adjunct professor at the Fiji…...
POINT OF ORIGIN | Teacher finds love
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (1502+ words) Last week, we looked into how teachers from overseas came to Fiji at a time when the country needed more people in its classrooms. Among them was Wendy Lay, a young Australian teacher who gave up her plans to travel…...
Graduates celebrate achievements
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (127+ words) The two-day graduation program for the University of the South Pacific on September 10 and 11 has successfully concluded as hundreds of scholars across the region crossed the stage to receive their certificates, diplomas and degrees. Graduates celebrated years of dedication alongside…...
WOMEN | The teacher who found her calling in Fiji
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1326+ words) THE first time Jan Atkinson came to Fiji, she was a tourist staying at the Radisson Resort but sitting by the resort, being served meals while Fijians worked around her, left her feeling strangely unsettled. She did not want to…...
‘Students struggle in wards’
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (254+ words) THE biggest challenge for Fiji’s medical students is not the work in hospital, but the sudden jump from classroom to clinic, a new survey has found. Raijeli Waqainabete presented at the Fiji Medical Annual Scientific Conference 2026 on Friday saying that…...
EDITORIAL COMMENT | Literacy crisis!
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (481+ words) The revelation that we may have declining literacy and numeracy standards in Fiji is cause for concern. Going by the scenarios before us, it does set the stage for a lot of work moving forward. Now we learn that curriculum…...
St Joseph’s marks 70 years with wellness walk
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (139+ words) St Joseph’s Secondary School is marking its 70th anniversary this month with a series of activities celebrating its legacy and contribution to education. As part of the celebrations, students, teachers and members of the school community took part in a wellness…...
Literacy standards decline | Call for review of teacher training
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (286+ words) Curriculum changes made without adequate research, the removal of vernacular languages as a medium of instruction in the early years and overcrowded classrooms are contributing to declining literacy and numeracy standards in Fiji, says former trade unionist and educationist Susana…...
BACK IN HISTORY | Rabuka on education
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (395+ words) Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka stressed the value of education when he was the chief guest at a school bazaar in the North, The Fiji Times reported on September 3, 1997. Mr Rabuka said a person’s life was not complete if he or…...
Students visit island
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (350+ words) In 1996, a group of 45 students from the University of the South Pacific gave up their semester break for a different kind of holiday. One spent serving the community of Koro Island. According to a story published in The Fiji Times…...