Education system in Nauru

The education system in Nauru is overseen and financed by the Nauru Department of Education and Sports and the government. There is general compulsory education up to the tenth school year; further school attendance of two years is largely financed by the government. In 2001 just under 3,000 Nauru received school education, which made up almost 100% of all Nauruan youth. A school class has an average of about 23 students.

Primary level

The primary level includes the first six school years. Before that there is two years of pre-school . The first two school years are completed in the Yaren Primary School in Yaren , the third and fourth in the Aiwo Primary School in Aiwo , and the fifth through seventh in Nauru College . The primary level is completed with the Nauru Primary Certificate ; English , math , knowledge and health are tested .

Secondary school

The secondary level includes the seventh to twelfth school year. The seventh year of school is attended at Nauru College , from the eighth year onwards the Nauru Secondary School in Yaren is attended . Compulsory schooling expires after the tenth school year; there are exams in the majors English , mathematics , natural science and social science . Other exam subjects are Nauruan , ecotrophology , music , drawing , physics and religion . If you pass the exam you will receive the Nauru Junior Certificate . After the twelfth year of school there are further exams in English, mathematics, physics, computer science and chemistry . If you pass the exam you will receive the Pacific Senior School Certificate (PSSC) .

Tertiary education

The tertiary education consists mainly of further education abroad, mostly in Australian universities such as Geelong , Tullamarine or Morningside . However, the study places abroad are limited and are usually reserved for the best PSSC graduates. An alternative is vocational training in Nauru, but since the training center burned down during demonstrations against René Harris in 2001 , this has been limited. The University of the South Pacific (USP) has a branch in Nauru, which is suitable for correspondence courses.

School supplies

The school material consists of textbooks, educational films and computers. The textbooks are limited due to the lack of money. Only the Nauru Secondary School has a telephone and internet connection . A 2002 donation from the Taiwanese government gave every school some computers. All primary schools have 12 computers each, the four preschools one each.

schools

Preschools
- Anen Infant (two preschool years)
- Boe Infant (two preschool years)
- Menen Infant (two preschool years)
- Nibok Infant (two preschool years)
Primary schools
- Yaren Primary School (Years 1 and 2)
- Aiwo Primary School (school years 3 and 4)
- Location School (school years 1 to 8)
- Nauru College (school years 5 to 7)
Secondary schools
- Nauru College (school years 5 to 7)
- Nauru Secondary School (school years 8 to 12)
Private schools
- Kayser College (school years 1 to 11)

Nauru College

The Nauru College is a mid-level school in Nauru . It was built in 2001 and stands next to the Aiwo Primary School in Aiwo .

It has 16 classrooms for up to 480 students. There is a computer room with 26 computers donated by the Taiwanese government; five of them have access to the Internet . There is also a printer , a scanner and a CD burner . The principal of the school is the Australian Richard Lewis . Teachers are u. a. Venos Agege and Joanne Gobure.

The Nauru College caught in May 2004 in the Austrian Carinthia stir. In letters to some Carinthians, it offered the sale of doctoral degrees and other academic titles for a four-figure donation. The Nauru College even denied to have been the author of these letters, though it as well as other institutions Nauruan is in dire financial straits.

Kayser College

The Kayser College is the only private school in Nauru; it is located in Ewa and Yaren . The German Catholic priest Friedrich Gründl had a primary school built in Arubo around 1903 , which in the 1950s was called Kayser College in honor of Alois Kayser , who played a key role in the Christianization of Naurus . In the 1970s it was able to be upgraded to a modern institution thanks to the wealth from phosphate mining .

The building in Ewa contains a preschool and primary school ; the secondary school is in Yaren next to the Catholic Church in a building that is also part of Kayser College. Kayser College offers eleven years of schooling and is 80% financed by the Education Department. There are 16 computers, but none with internet access.