Ministry of Education (MOE)

The core business of the Ministry of Education is the delivery of education and training services with these being provided specifically to:

• schools, pre-schools and training centres
• students in the years of compulsory schooling and those participating in Forms 5, 6 and 7 studies including vocational education and training programmes
• teaching personnel
• school management and controlling authority.

The Ministry has corresponding responsibilities for:

• the provision of services to the Minister, Statutory Agencies, Cabinet and Government
• the management of resource planning and policy development related to education and training
• the provision of programme support to education and training institutions
• the regulation and recognition of education and training providers and accreditation of programme delivery
• accounting for the resources allocated by government to the Fiji Islands education system.

The Ministry is also charged with responsibility for ensuring that standards in education are met and maintained and the human, physical and the financial resources allocated to education by the government are appropriately directed and expended.

Human Resources Data available by the Ministry:

Statistical Abstracts

This contains explanatory notes and tables on Labour Supply (population, education, scholarships); Labour Demand (employment, number of jobs created in the IHRDPEP sub-programme); and Labour Market Operation (labour market outcome of graduates).

• Graduates in Tertiary Institutions by Course of Study, Gender and Year of study - 1995-2007 : 20/02/07
• Enrolment In Tertiary Institutions By Course Of Study, Gender And Year Of Study For 1995-2005 : 04/10/2006
• Estimate On Students Not-Continuing In School By Sex And Class/Form - 1998 : 04/08/2006
• Size & Characteristics of Repeaters by Gender and Ethnicity Class 1 - Form 7, 1997-2005 : 04/10/2006
• Size And Characteristics Of Student Enrolment: Class 1-Form 7 (1995 - 2005) : 4/10/2006

Reports Collections

A list of books, reports, publications, and essays on Labour Supply, Labour Demand and Labour Market Operation in alphabetical order of the author’s surnames and indicating where the material could be accessed.

• Skills Training for Employment : 06/03/07
• Ministry of Education (2001) Blueprint for Affirmative Action on Fijian Education, Government Printer Department, Fiji. : 17/11/06
• Ministry of Education (2001) Report of the Fiji Islands Education Commission/Panel, ‘Learning Together: Directions for Education in the Fiji Islands’, Government Printer, Fiji. : 17/11/06

Database Collections

This contains selected data from the producers' databases on Labour Supply (graduates of tertiary institutions); Labour Demand (numbers employed in the Civil Service, Total formal sector employments); and Labour Market Operation (Number of jobs applied for a particular job by job application for minimum applications and qualifications required).

• Fiji College of Advance Education Number of Preservice Intake 1995 - 2008 by Programme, Gender and Ethnicity :
• Size & Characteristics of Student Repeaters: (Class 1 - Form 7) 1996-2005 : 20/12/2006
• Size and Characteristics of Student Enrolments: Class 1 - Form 7 by Gender and Ethnicity from 1995 - 2005 : 12/20/2006

Contact Producer

For more information please contact:

The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education,
Private Mail Bag

Marela House, Suva

Ph: (679) 3314 477/ (679) 3220 404
Fax: (679) 3319 443/ (679) 3303 511

Website: www.education.gov.fj