Work towards achieving quality education for all continues for Fiji and the Asia-Pacific Region.
Minister for Education Premila Kumar highlighted that as she attended the 2nd Asia - Pacific Regional Education Minister's Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Kumar says it was an opportune time for her to meet counterparts from Asia-Pacific Region as the two day conference allowed Ministers to discuss on learning recovery, transforming education and its systems to ensure that the Asia Pacific Regional achieves it SDG4 targets.
She also participated and spoke at the Ministerial Roundtable discussion where she stressed that Education Transformation should not just allow students to attain degrees but to also provide opportunities for students to venture into other areas.
Kumar says the need for the ICT in learning and teaching especially after the recent pandemic.
The Education Minister also emphasised the importance of the return on investment in education, something to ponder upon in particular in Fiji's case where free education grant is provided to schools.
Kumar says all in all, transformation in education should also provide what learners want and require and not just what leaders want.
She highlighted that Fiji is not only committed to education through financing in the form of free education grant, but has also implemented stringent measures to monitor finance utilisation for optimum results and will continue to strengthen to ensure the best results.
Kumar emphasised on the importance of quality of education while attending side meetings with relevant stakeholders on issues pertaining to education.
