Common name process underway

The process of having a common name for all citizens of Fiji to be Fijian, and the indigenous Fijians to be called 'i-Taukei' is underway.

Head of the Strategic Framework for Change, Filimoni Kau said many processes including legislations need to change.

Kau confirms that work is also underway to priorities the needs of people who apply for scholarships which mean that the race-based entry qualification for scholarship programs will be removed.

At the moment the criteria for application for a Fijian Affairs scholarship is that the applicant has to be an indigenous Fijian while the entry criteria for the Multi Ethnic Scholarship is any person who is a non Indigenous Fijian.