Editing Samoa (section)

==Education==
The Samoan government provides eight years of primary and secondary education that is tuition-free and is compulsory through age 16.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samoa |url=http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/samoa.htm |work=2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor |publisher=[[Bureau of International Labor Affairs|U.S. Bureau of International Labor Affairs]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105225107/http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/samoa.htm |archive-date=5 November 2008 |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref>

Samoa's main post-secondary educational institution is the [[National University of Samoa]], established in 1984. The country is also home to several branches of the multi-national [[University of the South Pacific]] and the [[Oceania University of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Education in Samoa |url=http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-samoa/education/ |publisher=Nexus Commonwealth Network |access-date=27 February 2018 |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161800/http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-samoa/education/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Education in Samoa has proved to be effective as a 2012 [[UNESCO]] report stated that 99 percent of Samoan adults are literate.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/pacific-education-for-all-2015-review-en_1.pdf |title=Pacific Education for All 2015 Review |last=UNESCO |date=2015 |website=UNESCO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406041009/http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/pacific-education-for-all-2015-review-en_1.pdf |archive-date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries |url=https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=humanrightsmeasurement.org |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308173546/https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> finds that Samoa is fulfilling only 88.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Samoa - HRMI Rights Tracker |url=https://rightstracker.org/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=rightstracker.org |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315171721/https://rightstracker.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both primary education and secondary education. While taking into consideration Samoa's income level, the nation is achieving 97.7% of what should be possible based on its resources (income) for primary education but only 78.3% for secondary education.<ref name="auto"/>