Nuku'alofa, 8 September 2015. The Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Hon. ‘Akilisi Pohiva has revealed that recent progressive analysis of quality education in Tonga has shown that the rate of students passing their exams has been declining over the last decade.

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               Written by Sione A. Mokofisi
                   (Editor – Niuvākai)

Nuku'alofa, 12 'Aokosi 2015. ‘Oku lau koloa ‘a e ongoongo 'a e Nepituno Tonga ke pulusi atu heni ‘a e faka’eke’eke makehe mo e Talēkita (CEO) Malōlō ‘a e Potungāue Ako ‘Emeli Pouvalu fekau’aki mo e tu’unga ‘oku ‘i ai ‘a hono fili ha CEO fo’ou ke fetongi ia ‘i he Potungaue Ako.

Editor’s Note: Many of our heritage sites of extreme cultural and historical significance are under immense threat of losing forever. The loss of our heritage sites means the loss our cultural and historical identity. Therefore the onus of preserving, conserving and safeguarding them is collectively on our shoulders. There is then a requirement that we adopt a total rather than a partial approach to our cultural and historical sites. By a total approach, reference is made to a serious consideration of their cultural, historical, artistic and social significance rather than their destruction in the name of progress and development. If we are to preserve this cultural site we will definitely reap their social, cultural, historical and economic value, all of which are of total benefits to the whole of Tonga.

The letter below is from one of the seriously concerned academics conducting research in Tonga Dr. Heather Young Leslie of Alberta University, Canada.

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Fa‘utohi ‘a Sione A. Mokofisi                                                
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Nuku'alofa, 6 'Aokosi 2015. Na’e fakaava ‘e he Palēmia mo Minisitā Ako mo e Akongāué, Hon. Samuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva, ‘a e ngaahi loki ako ‘o e Lautohi Pule’anga ‘a Fakakakai ‘i Ha’apai ‘i he Tu’apulelulu 30 ‘o Siulai 2015.

Nuku'alofa-On 4 August 2015. The 2015 Chinese Government Scholarship Award Ceremony was held in Chinese Embassy. H.E. Ambassador Huang Huaguang, Hon. Lord Tu'ivakano and officials from Tongan Ministry of Education and Training, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as well as the students and their family attend the ceremony.

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