Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Education===
[[File:Children of Niutao Island.JPG|thumb|Children on [[Niutao]]]]

[[History of Tuvalu#Education in Tuvalu|Education in Tuvalu]] is free and [[Compulsory education|compulsory]] between the ages of 6 and 15 years. Each island has a primary school. [[Motufoua Secondary School]] is located on [[Vaitupu]].<ref name="mapia">{{cite web |title=Motufoua Secondary School |url=http://wikimapia.org/4492759/Motufoua-Secondary-School |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321134130/http://wikimapia.org/4492759/Motufoua-Secondary-School |url-status=live}}</ref> Students board at the school during the school term, returning to their home islands each school vacation. [[Fetuvalu Secondary School]], a day school operated by the [[Church of Tuvalu]], is on Funafuti.<ref name="FHS">{{cite web |title=Fetuvalu High School (Funafuti) |url=http://wikimapia.org/10435819/Fetuvalu-High-School |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210334/http://wikimapia.org/10435819/Fetuvalu-High-School |url-status=live}}</ref>

Fetuvalu offers the [[International General Certificate of Secondary Education|Cambridge syllabus]]. Motufoua offers the Fiji Junior Certificate (FJC) at year 10, Tuvaluan Certificate at Year 11 and the Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC) at Year 12, which is set by SPBEA, the [[Fiji]]-based [[exam board]].<ref name="SPBEA">{{cite web |title=Pacific Senior Secondary Certificate (PSSC), Secretariat of the Pacific Board for Educational Assessment |publisher=Spantran |url=https://www.spantran.com/academic-evaluation-services/change-in-south-pacific-secondary-examinations/ |access-date=6 January 2018 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004062525/https://www.spantran.com/academic-evaluation-services/change-in-south-pacific-secondary-examinations/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sixth form students who pass their PSSC go on to the Augmented Foundation Programme, funded by the Tuvalu government. This program is required for tertiary education programmes outside of Tuvalu and is available at the [[University of the South Pacific]] (USP) Extension Centre in Funafuti.<ref name="USPt1">{{cite web |work=Welcome to the Tuvalu Campus |title=University of the South Pacific – Tuvalu Campus |year=2019 |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=3666 |access-date=28 August 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425224152/https://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=3666 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Required attendance at school is 10 years for males and 11 years for females (2001).<ref name="CIA"/> The adult [[literacy rate]] is 99.0% (2002).<ref name="IMF 2010"/> In 2010, there were 1,918 students who were taught by 109 teachers (98 certified and 11 uncertified). The teacher-pupil ratio for primary schools in Tuvalu is around 1:18 for all schools with the exception of Nauti School, which has a ratio of 1:27. Nauti School on Funafuti is the largest primary school in Tuvalu with more than 900 students (45 per cent of the total primary school enrolment). The pupil-teacher ratio for Tuvalu is low compared to the entire Pacific region (ratio of 1:29).<ref name="MDG">{{cite web |work=Ministry of Education and Sports, and Ministry of Finance and Economic Development from the Government of Tuvalu; and the United Nations System in the Pacific Islands |title=Tuvalu: Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Framework – Improving Quality of Education |date=April 2013 |url=http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/MDG%20Acceleration%20Framework/MAF%20Reports/RBAP/MAF%20Tuvalu-FINAL-%20April%204.pdf |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213133607/http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/MDG%20Acceleration%20Framework/MAF%20Reports/RBAP/MAF%20Tuvalu-FINAL-%20April%204.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Community Training Centres (CTCs) have been established within the primary schools on each atoll. They provide [[vocational training]] to students who do not progress beyond Class 8 because they failed the entry qualifications for secondary education. The CTCs offer training in basic carpentry, gardening and farming, [[sewing]] and cooking. At the end of their studies the graduates can apply to continue studies either at Motufoua Secondary School or the [[Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute]] (TMTI). Adults can also attend courses at the CTCs.<ref name="SB">{{cite web |author1=Bakalevu, Salanieta |author2=Manuella, David |name-list-style=amp |title=Open Schooling as a Strategy for Second-chance Education in the Pacific: A desk study report |pages=96–100 |date=June 2011 |publisher=Commonwealth of Learning (COL) / University of the South Pacific |url=http://www.col.org/resources/open-schooling-strategy-second-chance-education-pacific-desk-study-report |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=2 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302080631/http://www.col.org/resources/open-schooling-strategy-second-chance-education-pacific-desk-study-report |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Four tertiary institutions offer technical and vocational courses: [[Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute]] (TMTI), [[Tuvalu Atoll Science Technology Training Institute]] (TASTII), Australian Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) and [[University of the South Pacific]] (USP) Extension Centre.<ref name="USP2020-7">{{cite web |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=3268 |title=Tuvalu Theory of Change Coalition Consultation |publisher=The University of the South Pacific |date=6 July 2020 |access-date=10 January 2021 |archive-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111230331/https://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=3268 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Tuvaluan Employment Ordinance of 1966 sets the [[minimum age]] for paid employment at 14 years and prohibits children under the age of 15 from performing hazardous work.<ref name=ilab>[http://www.dol.gov/ilab/map/countries/tuvalu.htm "Tuvalu"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017213157/http://www.dol.gov/ilab/map/countries/tuvalu.htm |date=17 October 2011}}. ''2009 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor''. [[Bureau of International Labor Affairs]], [[U.S. Department of Labor]] (2002). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.</ref>