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Education in Fiji. Primary school education in Fiji is compulsory, and subsidized for eight years. [1] In 1978, the gross primary enrollment ratio was 113.5 percent, and the net primary enrollment rate was 97.7 percent. [1] As of 2009, attendance was decreasing due to security concerns and the burden of school fees, often due to the cost of ...
t. e. The topic of racism is an ongoing and controversial issue in Fiji, especially in Fijian politics. Racism has been cited as one of the main reasons for the occurrence of coups d'état in Fiji in the past, with Fiji having had four coups, more than any other country in Oceania .
Fiji. Fiji has long been a multi-ethnic country, with a vast majority of people being mixed race even if they do not self-identify in that manner. The indigenous Fijians are of mixed Melanesian and Polynesian ancestry, resulting from years of migration of islanders from various places mixing with each other.
TSLS. The Tertiary Scholarship and Loans Service ( TSLS) is a statutory body in Fiji that provides funding through scholarships and loans for Fijians to undertake studies in tertiary and vocational education. [1] It was established in 2014 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education funded by the Government of Fiji.
Students apply for the scholarship in their home country and after a long process, they can pursue a Masters or Ph.D. program in the United States. [16] The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers fellowships for U.S. graduating college seniors, graduate students, young professionals, and artists to research, study, or teach English abroad for ...
Fiji Women's Rights Movement. The Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM) is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural organisation based in Suva, Fiji, that works to remove discrimination against women through attitudinal changes and institutional reforms. FWRM believes in the practice and promotion of feminism, democracy, good governance and human rights.
Fenc Fiji is a non-political, non-profit, cause oriented, and voluntary organization with a mission to provide education and related support to the underprivileged children of the Fiji Islands. It is a locally based, national NGO founded in 2009 to address the issues of poverty reduction through the provision of education and related support to ...
The ethnic struggle for supremacy. Post-independence politics came to be dominated by the Alliance Party of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.In the election of March 1977, the Indian-led opposition won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, but failed to form a government due to internal divisions, together with concern that indigenous Fijians would not accept Indo-Fijian leadership.