Editing Norfolk Island (section)

==Education==
[[File:NorfolkIslandCentral School1.jpg|thumb|left|Norfolk Island Central School]]
The sole school on the island, Norfolk Island Central School, provides education from [[Pre-primary|kindergarten]] through to Year 12. The school had a [[contractual]] arrangement referred to as a [[Memorandum of Understanding]] with the New South Wales [[Department of Education (New South Wales)|Department of Education]] regarding the provision of education services at the school, the latest of which took effect in January 2015.<ref>[http://www.norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/home Norfolk Island Central School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104248/http://www.norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/home |date=18 May 2015 }} (accessed 13 May 2015)</ref> In 2015 enrolment at the Norfolk Island Central School was {{val|282}} students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/school-plan|title=Norfolk Island Central School|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603160102/http://www.norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/our-school/school-plan|archive-date=3 June 2016|access-date=1 May 2016}}</ref> As of January, 2022, [[Department_of_Education_(Queensland)|The Department of Education (Queensland)]] took over the running of the Norfolk Island Central School in line with the transition of state services from the New South Wales Government to the Queensland Government. The NSW curriculum will continue to be utilised until the end of the 2023 school year.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/norfolk_island/administrator/media/2021/ni-a-mr-202174|title=Access to the NSW curriculum on Norfolk until 2023|date=2 December 2021|publisher=The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts|access-date=4 August 2023|archive-date=4 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804052454/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/norfolk_island/administrator/media/2021/ni-a-mr-202174|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Children on the island learn English as well as Norfuk, in efforts to revive the language.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/languages.html|title=Norfolk studies – Norfolk Island Central School|access-date=2 May 2021|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502033229/https://norfolkisl-c.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/languages.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

No public tertiary education infrastructure exists on the island. The Norfolk Island Central School works in partnership with [[registered training organisation]]s (RTOs) and local employers to support students accessing [[Registered training organisation#Vocational Education and Training (VET) Quality Framework|Vocational Education and Training]] (VET) courses.<ref>[http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/education/Education%20Review%202014%20-%20September_14.pdf Page 4, Education Review, Norfolk Island, Stage One, Stage Two and Stage Three, The Report, 14 September 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420101706/http://www.norfolkisland.gov.nf/education/Education%20Review%202014%20-%20September_14.pdf |date=20 April 2015 }} (accessed 13 May 2015)</ref>

[[Literacy]] is not recorded officially, but can be assumed to be roughly at a par with Australia's literacy rate{{or|date=February 2023}}, as islanders attend a school which uses a [[New South Wales]] curriculum, before traditionally moving to the mainland for further study.