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Fiji

Year Conducted: 2015, 2012

Quick Facts
Name of Organization/ Institution Level of Schooling Formal or Non-formal Public or Private Which Languages Number of Children reached by level of schooling Location Use of language in classroom (see explanations below) Materials in classroom
Muinistry of Education PP FE/NFE PUB/PRI Itaukei, Hindi, Fiji (hif), Rotuman (rtm), Kiribati (gil) F: 496 + M: 467 = 963 Ba 1,3,6 Yes -2
F: 307 + M: 373 = 680 Cakaudrove
F: 593 + M: 531 = 1124 Labasa
F: 1195 + M: 1271 = 2466 Lautoka/Nadi
F: 296 + M: 313 = 609 Nadroga/Navosa
F: 289 + M: 286 = 575 Ra
F:151 + M: 183 = 334 Eastern
F: 151 + M: 183 = 334 Suva
F: 1163 + M: 1196 = 2359 Nausori
PR FE PUB Hindi, Fiji (hif) Year1: F: 1744 + M: 1789 = 3533 Suva, Savusavu, Sigatoka, Lautoka/Nadi, Nausori, RA, BA/Tavua, Macuata/Bua 1,2,3,4 Textbooks/ Activity books/ Charts/ Visual Aids
Year2: F: 1765 + M: 1929 = 3694
Year3: F: 1992 + M: 1952 = 3944
PR FE PUB Rotuman (rtm) F: 11 + M: 9 = 20 Malha'a district school (Rotuma Island) 2,4,7 6 Big Books, 8 small books, 3 activity books
F: 6 + M:4 = 10 Paptea district school (Rotuma Island) 2,4,7
F: 20 + M: 10 = 30 Motusa district school (Rotuma Island) 2,4,7
F: 19 + M: 11 = 30 Christ The King Primary school (Rotuma Island) 2,4,7
F: 10 Dilkusha Girls School (Suva, Fiji) 4,7
F: 4 + M: 6 = 10 Annesley Infant Methodist Primary school (Suva, Fiji) 4,7
PR (Year1-3 only) FE PUB Urdu (urd) Year1: F: 192 + M: 211 Year2: F: 178 + M: 156 Year3: F: 169 + M: 174 = 1080 BA - Tavua District

Mother tongue is used as Vernacular subject:Urdu Language
Year 1 -3 Urdu Readers; Year 1 text book; Year 2 text book; Year 3 text book; Big books; Phonics book; Activity books;
Year1: F: 29 + M: 20 Year2: F: 23 + M: 25 Year3: F: 29 + M: 38 = 164 Cakaudrove
Year1: F: 205 + M: 200 Year2: F: 230 + M: 210 Year3: F: 280 + M: 209 = 1334 Lautoka/Yosawa
Year1: F: 297 + M: 170 Year2: F: 290 + M: 199 Year3: F: 230 + M: 176 =1362 Macuata/Bua
Year1: F:110 + M: 78 Year2: F: 117 + M: 109 Year3: F: 123 + M: 134 =671 Nadroga/Navosa
Year1: F: 374 + M: 289 Year2: F: 344 + M: 298 Year3: F: 313 + M: 291 = 1909 Nausori
Year1: F: 64 + M: 45 Year2: F: 43 + M: 51 Year3: F: 42 + M: 38 = 283 Rakiraki
Year1: F:399 + M: 409 Year2: F: 388 + M: 421 Year3: F: 347 + M: 422 = 2386 Suva

Explanations

Name of organisation / institution: 

Give the name of the organisation(s) (NGO, local association, etc) or institution (church, pagoda, temple, university etc.) which is initiating and supporting the action. This can include government agencies and institutions. Please specify type of involvement, e.g. initiator, lead actor, funder and implementer.

Level of schooling:

Identify whether action is at the pre-primary level (PP) or at the primary /elementary level (PR). The mapping is focusing only on these two levels of education.

Formal or Non-formal:

Identify whether action is:

1. in the formal (FE) or non-formal (NFE); and
2. in the government education system (Govt) or outside the government system by non-state providers (NSP).

Public or private:

Identify whether the action is happening in the public education (PUB) system or private (PRI). If this does not apply to your country, write n/a.

Which language:

Give the name of the local or minority language(s) which the action includes. If possible, see your country’s section on the Ethnologue.com (http://www.ethnologue.com/country_index.asp?place=Asia) and find the relevant 3-letter ISO language code for these languages.

Number of children:

Give the number of children reached by school level (pre-primary and primary/elementary). Please disaggregate by gender (i.e. M: and F:),

Location of action:

Give sub-national location of action(s) either province or district

Use of language in classroom:

Identify how language is used in the classroom by using the descriptors below. Choose the most appropriate one. You can choose more than one.

1. Language of instruction (LOI) is the learners’ mother tongue (MT or L1)  and their second language (L2) .
2. Language of instruction is the mother tongue only.
3. The second language is officially the language of instruction.
4. Language of instruction is the second language with MT as subject.
5. Mother tongue is used orally, no written materials – officially.
6. Mother tongue is used orally, no written materials – unofficially.
7. Second language (L2) is taught as second language.

Materials in classroom:

Are there teaching and learning materials in MT in classroom? Yes or no. If yes, estimate the number of titles in MT.