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1. NAME: DR. 'ANA MAUI TAUFE’ULUNGAKI<br />

2. DATE OF BIRTH: 10 May 1946: Hihifo, Niuatoputapu, Tonga<br />

3. NATIONALITY: Tongan - Fiji Resident (for now)<br />

4. PERSONAL ADDRESS:<br />

TELEPHONE NO.:<br />

FAX NO:<br />

E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />

Ist House on the Right, Mariko Street, Suva, FIJI<br />

(679) 3307 323 (H) and Work: (679) 323 1909/(679) 9925253<br />

Tonga (676 29245)<br />

(679) 323 1502<br />

taufeulungak@usp.ac.fj<br />

5. EDUCATION: Ph.D. English, University of Birmingham, UK, 1988<br />

M.A. Education, University of Leeds, UK, 1978<br />

Dip.Ed.St. Education, University of Leeds, UK, 1977<br />

Dip.TESL (Secondary Level), Moray House, College of Advanced<br />

Education, Edinburgh, UK, 1972.<br />

B.A. History (with minors in English and Anthropology), University of<br />

Auckland,NZ, 1968.<br />

6. OTHER TRAINING: Have also had short-term training in a wide variety of areas, including<br />

Leadertship and Management, Educational Administration and<br />

Management, Educational Planning, Curriculum Development,<br />

Teacher Education, Project Writing, Implementation and Evaluation,<br />

Program Budgeting, Job Evaluation, Classroom Assessment, Human<br />

Resources Development, Management, and Assessment, Bilingual<br />

Education, Management of Technical and Vocational Education, Early<br />

Childhood Education, Non-formal Education, Distance Education,<br />

Satellite Education, Computer Education, Gender Issues, and<br />

Publications and Editing.<br />

7. MEMBERSHIP<br />

Member, Commonwealth Educational Administrators.<br />

PROFESSIONAL<br />

SOCIETIES:<br />

8. COUNTRIES OF WORK<br />

EXPERIENCE:<br />

9. LANGUAGE&<br />

PROFICIENCY:<br />

Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Australia,<br />

New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.<br />

Plus BusiEducational Visits to: South Africa, Germany, Japan, France,<br />

Botswana, Malta, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Guam,<br />

United States of America, American Samoa, Pohnpei, Nauru,<br />

Singapore, Cook Islands, Brunei, and Papua New Guinea.<br />

Tongan (mother tongue) and English (second language). Excellent<br />

competence in both.<br />

10. EMPLOYMENT<br />

RECORD:<br />

Jan. 2006 -<br />

Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Graduate Affairs)<br />

• Only woman member of Tonga’s National Committee for Political Reform,<br />

which conducted consultations with all Tongan communities in Tonga and in<br />

New Zealand, Australia and the United States of America, from January to<br />

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Jan 2002 – 2005<br />

Employer:<br />

USP Suva<br />

September 2006 on political, social and economic issues for the purpose of<br />

reforming Tonga’s institutions and setting a new vision and directions for<br />

development. The 3 Volume report of the Committee was presented to<br />

Tonga’s King and Legislative Assembly at the end of August and September<br />

2006, respectively. Report title: Tonga: Ki He Fakakoloa ‘a e Fonua:<br />

Fakalelei Fakapolitikale mo Fakakonisitutone ke ne Fakatupulaki ‘a e<br />

Faaitaha ‘a e Fonua ‘a ia te ne Faka’ai’ai ‘a e Fakalakalaka Ffakasosiale mo<br />

Faka’ekonomika ‘a e Kakai ‘o Tonga. Lipooti ‘a e Komiti Fakafonua ‘a e<br />

Pule’anga Fakatu’i ‘o Tonga Ki he Fakalelei Fakapolitikale mo<br />

Fakakonisitutone, 31 ‘Aokosi 2006.<br />

• Co-authored 2 Volume Report. ‘<strong>Ana</strong> Taufe’ulungaki, Seu’ula Johansson-Fua,<br />

Sitaniselao Manu, and Tu’ifua Takapautolo. 2007. Sustainable Livelihoood<br />

and Education in the <strong>Pacific</strong>: Tonga Pilot. NZAID Funded Research Project.<br />

Director, Institute of Education 2002-2005<br />

Senior Felllow 2000-2002<br />

Activities included:<br />

• Member of the New Zealand’s Review Team, which reviewed New Zealand’s<br />

strategic assistance to Tonga, 2001.<br />

• Coordinated the Colloquium to Re-Thinking <strong>Pacific</strong> Education, the first meeting<br />

of only <strong>Pacific</strong> educators only to re-think <strong>Pacific</strong> Education. Co-authored the<br />

report of the meeting, 2001.<br />

• Prepared the Colloquium presentation to the Forum Education Ministers’<br />

Meeting in Auckland, May 2001.<br />

• Prepared and delivered the key paper on new vision for Education for the Forum<br />

Education Minister’s Meeting in Auckland titled: "<strong>Pacific</strong> Education: Where to<br />

Now?"<br />

• Attended the second meeting coordinated by UNESCO and held in Apia on the<br />

establishment of the International Council on <strong>Pacific</strong> Research, 2001.<br />

• Invited to prepare and deliver paper for the SPC 8 th Triennial Conference for<br />

<strong>Pacific</strong> Women titled “Some Issues in Gender and Education in the <strong>Pacific</strong>”,<br />

Noumea, New Caledonia, September 2001.<br />

• Invited by SPC to prepare and deliver paper on “Training Insitutions responses to<br />

HRD challenges in the Region” at the SPC biennual meeting, Noumea, New<br />

Caledonia, November 2001.<br />

• Taught ED451: Culture and Education, a postgraduate course, as a summer<br />

school course in Tonga, December 2001- January 2002.<br />

• Co-edited the book ‘The Tree of Opportunity: Re-Thinking <strong>Pacific</strong> Education”,<br />

which has been published by IOE, 2002. Authored the lead paper in the book:<br />

"<strong>Pacific</strong> Education: Are there Alternatives?"<br />

• Reviewed the Diploma in Education of the Tonga Institute of Education as the<br />

External Moderator, January 2002.<br />

• Undertook a seven-months consultancy with ADB in Tonga (2002-2003), as the<br />

Communication's Advisor in the Tonga Government's Economic and Public<br />

Sector Reform Programme.<br />

• Supervising and examining masters’ theses. Three still on-going (2003-). One<br />

graduated in December 2002 and was nominated for best postgraduate thesis<br />

award. Currently examining a Ph.D thesis.<br />

• Became founding Trustee of <strong>Pacific</strong> Educational Research Fund (PERF) and<br />

coordinated the launch of PERF in Tonga in May 2002.<br />

• Made presentation to IOE Advisory Seminar (Member States plus donors) on<br />

Main Critical Issues in <strong>Pacific</strong> Education, April 2002.<br />

• Team Leader of team which reviewed AusAID's Community Assistance Scheme<br />

and the Ha'apai Development Fund in Tonga. Wrote the Report. (April, 2003)<br />

• Member of AusAID's Technical Advisory Group, which reviewed AusAID's<br />

Tonga Ministry of Finance Strengthening of the Budgeting Systems Project, May<br />

2003.<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address in Pasifika Medical <strong>Association</strong><br />

Conference, Warwick Hotel, Fiji (2003). Title: 'Expectations of Health Care and<br />

of Health Professionals in the <strong>Pacific</strong>: An informed lay perspective".<br />

• Co-edited book: "Global/Local Intersections; researching the delivery of aid to<br />

<strong>Pacific</strong> Education", published by the Research Unit of <strong>Pacific</strong> Education (RUPE)<br />

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of the University of Auckland, New Zealand: 2003. Authored the lead paper:<br />

"The Role of Research: A <strong>Pacific</strong> Perspective".<br />

• Assumed coordination of PRIDE Project (June 2003) (<strong>Pacific</strong> Initiatives for the<br />

Delivery of Basic Education), a $21m (FJD) regional project (14 <strong>Pacific</strong> ACP<br />

member states plus Niue) jointly funded by EU and NZAID for a period of 5<br />

years (2004-2005).<br />

• Team leader of the USP Team which did the design study for the $48m (FJD)<br />

EU-funded project titled the Fiji Rural Education Project (FREP), commissioned<br />

by Fiji Ministry of Finance and National Planning, which is aimed at addressing<br />

the educational needs of rural and other disadvantaged communities in Fiji. Coauthored<br />

the Report.<br />

• Invited and delivered one of the 3 keynote addresses in the international<br />

conference on Re-Thinking Educational Aid in the <strong>Pacific</strong> held in Nadi, Fiji<br />

(October 20-22, 2003. Title: 'Blind Man's Bluff: A personal perspective of<br />

Educational Aid in the <strong>Pacific</strong>'. Also co-coordinator of Conference as IOE cohosted<br />

the conference with Victoria University, Wellington. Noe co-editing the<br />

book of the Conference as well as writing the concluding chapter.<br />

• Undertook consultancy with VINSTAR as Communications Advisor for the<br />

Tonga Government Reform Programme of Public Enterprises (technical<br />

assistance provided by ADB), 2003-2004.<br />

• Co-conducted workshop on Book Policy for <strong>Pacific</strong> Heads of Education Systems<br />

at their UNESCO Annual Meeting held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands: 22-28<br />

November 2003.<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address in NZ Health Research Council <strong>Pacific</strong><br />

Health Fono: What is <strong>Pacific</strong> Research? A Methodological Question?, 5<br />

December 2003: Sheraton, Auckland. Title: '<strong>Pacific</strong> Research: Is it?'<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address in the Fiji Institute of Educational<br />

Research (FIER) Conference: Opening up Education and taking it further,<br />

USP, Laucala Campus, Suva, Fiji, 5-7 January 2004. Title: 'Learning to Live<br />

Together with All Our Differences".<br />

• Commissioned by <strong>Pacific</strong> Forum Secretariat to prepare and deliver paper at the<br />

Forum Education Ministers Conference held in Apia, Samoa: 28-29 January<br />

2004. Title: "Language and Culture in the <strong>Pacific</strong> Region: Issues, Practices and<br />

Alternatives".<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address in the Pasifika Spirit '04 Conference:<br />

(Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand (ALAC): Rising <strong>Pacific</strong> Waves:<br />

<strong>Pacific</strong> Approaches to Inform Change, Auckland, NZ, 3-4 March 2004. Title:<br />

"<strong>Pacific</strong> Core Values and their Role in the Transformation of Pasifika".<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address in the NZ National Gambling Council<br />

Meeting, Auckland, 5 March 2004. Title: 'The Ideal of <strong>Pacific</strong> Service'.<br />

• Coordinated the first meeting of the PRIDE Project Steering Committee whose<br />

membership comprises the 15 member states, donors, NGOs, the donor<br />

community and regional and international organizations based in Suva, Fiji:<br />

April, 2004.<br />

• Prepared the paper on Education, on behalf of CROP organizations, for the<br />

<strong>Pacific</strong> Forum's <strong>Pacific</strong> Plan, June, 2004.<br />

• Conducted a workshop for educational researchers in Tonga under the PERF<br />

project, April 2004. Conducted a follow-up Workshop in July in Tonga for the<br />

same group.<br />

• Jointly coordinated the <strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of Teacher Educators' (PATE)<br />

Conference on Re-Thinking Teacher Education in the <strong>Pacific</strong>, hosted by<br />

national University of Samoa, Apia: May 31-4 June 2004. Delivered a paper<br />

titled: 'Enhancing Teacher Status Through Accreditation.'<br />

• Commissioned by UNIFEM to prepare and deliver a paper at the 28 th Conference<br />

of the International Federation of Univsersity Women held in Perth, Australia<br />

4-10 August 2004. The paper was titled: "Mohe Ofi": A Re-definition of<br />

'Empowerment' for the <strong>Pacific</strong> Context.<br />

• Invited by UNESCO to attend annual meeting of Heads of <strong>Pacific</strong> Education<br />

held at the Raffles Gateway, Nadi: 16-20 August 2004. Made presentation on<br />

future directions of IOE.<br />

• Represented the University at the Meeting of the <strong>Pacific</strong> Women's Bureau<br />

organized by the Secretariat of the <strong>Pacific</strong> Commission held at the Tanoa<br />

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Hotel, Nadi and at the Donors Meeting organized by UNIFEM also held at the<br />

Tanoa: 16-18 August 2004.<br />

• Invited and delivered keynote address at the LotuMoui <strong>Pacific</strong> Health<br />

Symposium of the Counties-Manukau County District Health Board with 300<br />

church and faith leaders held at the Waipuna Hotel, Auckland, NZ from 2-3<br />

December 2004. Paper titled: 'Fonua': Reclaiming <strong>Pacific</strong> Communities in New<br />

Zealand.<br />

• Coordinated the PRIDE Regional Project on Language Policy in the <strong>Pacific</strong><br />

Region. Attended by all 15 member states of the PRIDE Project (February,<br />

2005)<br />

• Team Leader of the Evaluation Study of the Samoa Education Sector (April -<br />

September 2005) and principal author of report.<br />

• Co-edited Kabini Sanga and ‘<strong>Ana</strong> Taufe’ulungaki (eds.). 2005. International<br />

Aid Impacts on <strong>Pacific</strong> Education. Institute for Research and Development in<br />

Maori and <strong>Pacific</strong> Education, Victoria University, Wellington.<br />

Jan. –Dec. 2000 Fellow, Educational Administration and Planning, Institute of<br />

Education, USP.<br />

Activities included:<br />

Finalising of DAWN paper and presenting it at the DAWN Meeting held in Cape<br />

Town, South Africa in 21-23 February, 2000. Title: "Political Restructuring and<br />

Social Transformations from Gendered Perspectives: A <strong>Pacific</strong> Synthesis", Cape<br />

Twon, South Africa, February 2000.<br />

• Co-authoring the Fiji Teachers' Union submission titled “The Child Our Hope”<br />

to the Fiji Education Commission 2000.<br />

• Preparing two research project proposals on:<br />

‣ <strong>Pacific</strong> values, language, knowledge, teaching and learning styles, learning<br />

outcomes, assessment procedures and their relationships to student<br />

achievement and educational outcomes; and<br />

‣ The establishment of a <strong>Pacific</strong> Teachers’ certification and registration board,<br />

which would begin with the identification in each <strong>Pacific</strong> country of the<br />

minimal desired qualities and competencies of a teacher at each level of the<br />

system. This would have implications for both pre- and in-service training of<br />

teachers and life-long staff development strategies.<br />

• Reviewed the Legal Literacy Project for Institute of Legal Studies, USP, 2000.<br />

• Represented the University at the Forum for Representatives of <strong>Pacific</strong> Social<br />

Scientists and National Commissions to discuss the possibility of the<br />

establishment of a <strong>Pacific</strong> Research Centre, which was held in Samoa at the<br />

UNESCO <strong>Pacific</strong> Office on 21-23 June 2000. Was asked to make a presentation<br />

on the topic: "Role of research in the <strong>Pacific</strong>".<br />

• Invited to be a member of the Review Team to review British assistance to<br />

education in the region. Funded by DFID. 2000.<br />

July 1999-December 1999:Regional Fellow Attached to the Institute of Education<br />

and School of Humanities of the University of the South <strong>Pacific</strong>.<br />

Tasks during this period included:<br />

• Researching and preparing papers on the following educational issues:<br />

‣ Vernacular Languages and Classroom Interactions<br />

‣ Educational Change and School Reforms<br />

‣ Language and Learning and Learning Outcomes<br />

‣ Political Restructuring and Social Transformations from Gendered<br />

Perspectives: A <strong>Pacific</strong> Synthesis.<br />

‣ Mother-tongue education and language policies<br />

‣ Bilingual education<br />

‣ Culturally inclusive curriculum<br />

‣ Teacher preparation and in-service training<br />

‣ Leadership, educational management, policies and planning, and<br />

partnerships.<br />

• Giving guest lectures.<br />

• Giving a staff seminar on Tonga’s Bilingual Language Programme.<br />

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1983 to 1999<br />

Employer:<br />

Government of Tonga<br />

1999 March – June ; Deputy Director of Education for Post-Secondary<br />

Education.<br />

Tasks undertaken or initiated included:<br />

• Preparation for the accreditation of post-secondary programmes and crosscrediting<br />

of courses offered in Tonga by selected overseas institutions.<br />

• Preparation for the upgrading of nursing training to Diploma level in<br />

collaboration with the Ministry of Health.<br />

• Coordinating and prioritising New Zealand assistance to post-secondary<br />

education in Tonga, particularly its assistance to the Tonga Teachers’ Training<br />

College.<br />

• Establishing a mechanism for creating a coherent framework for all courses<br />

developed and offered by post-secondary institutions in Tonga.<br />

• Creating a directory of post-secondary education and training courses and<br />

programmes offered in Tonga.<br />

• Identifying priority areas of education and training needs in the informal and<br />

non-formal education sectors.<br />

• Identifying areas of education and training needs for staff development<br />

purposes at the post-secondary level.<br />

• Ensuring that the distance education courses for the diploma in education were<br />

completed and that the first teachers enrolled in the programme were motivated<br />

to complete the courses.<br />

1994-1999 Deputy Director of Education for Primary Education<br />

Responsible for the administration and management of primary education in Tonga<br />

but was still largely responsible also for national planning in education. Main tasks<br />

during this period were:<br />

• Prepared Strategic Plan for Primary Education in Tonga.<br />

• Developed the Evaluation Forms and Criteria for Evaluating Teachers’<br />

annually.<br />

• Prepared criteria, procedures and processes for the assessment of the<br />

performance of primary school pupils twice a year.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated the Project on school buildings funded by Australia<br />

for $250,000 a year. The funding is increased substantially in years when<br />

natural disasters occur and is further supplemented by funds from other<br />

donors, New Zealand being the other major donor, but Japan, Canada, and<br />

France also provide assistance under this Project. In the period from 1995 to<br />

1998, the funding for this project had exceeded $4m pa’anga.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated a New Zealand-funded project for staff houses for<br />

the Niuas.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated an Australian-funded project for providing water<br />

tanks and staff houses to primary schools in Ha’ apai.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated a UNICEF funded project for upgrading sanitation<br />

facilities in primary schools.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated project proposals from PTAs for assistance towards<br />

the construction of new classrooms, sanitation facilities and water tanks and<br />

the maintenance of existing facilities under Japan’s assistance to the grassroots<br />

level.<br />

• Prepared and coordinated a New Zealand-funded project for purchasing<br />

reading books for primary schools.<br />

• Established the Teachers’ Resources Centre to assist in the development of<br />

classroom resources.<br />

• Developed criteria for staff promotion and incentive schemes for staff<br />

performance, such as payments of location allowances for those in hardship<br />

locations.<br />

• Developed guidelines and programmes for in-service training of staff and staff<br />

development, such as the offering of the Diploma in Education through<br />

distance education and in-service training of teachers in reading, which is<br />

funded by New Zealand.<br />

• Prepared Annual reports, Recurrent and Development Budgets, new staff<br />

proposals. and project proposals for the Division.<br />

• Prepared the Ministry’s Recurrent and Development Estimates and new staff<br />

proposals.<br />

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• Prepared and coordinated the preparation of the Ministry’s Strategic Plan.<br />

• Coordinated the preparation of the Ministry’s Job Descriptions for all staff.<br />

• Prepared the Ministry’s position papers for International Conferences and<br />

Cabinet submissions.<br />

• Chaired the National Committee on the Rights of the Child.<br />

• Chaired the Tonga College Development Committee, members of which are<br />

elected from the PTA and Old Boys’ Executive Committee and senior staff of<br />

Ministry, the purpose of which is to plan the transformation of the school into<br />

a science and technology high school, beginning with the establishment of its<br />

Form 7 programme.<br />

• Prepared the submission to upgrade the Tonga Maritime Polytechnic Institute<br />

to ensure that Tonga qualifies for the ‘White List’.<br />

1987-1993 Deputy Director of Education - Policy and Planning<br />

In addition to administering and managing the administrative division of the<br />

Ministry, the post was responsible for overall national planning and policy in the<br />

education sector. Main planning tasks during this period:<br />

• Prepared education sector report for Vava’u Regional Development Plan.<br />

• Prepared education sector report for Ha’apai Regional Development Plan.<br />

• Prepared education sector report for the Niuas Regional Development Plan,<br />

• Developed Outer Islands Secondary Schools Facilities Project, costed at $8m,<br />

which was funded by Japan. (Under this project, were the extensions to Vava’u<br />

High School, which included 8 staff houses; new science laboratories; extra<br />

classrooms; and a new sports ground (including a stadium) which were<br />

completed in September 1993; and a new high school to accommodate 700<br />

students at ‘Eua, which included normal facilities, such as classrooms;<br />

workshops; laboratories; offices, vocational, technical and science equipment;<br />

a library; 10 staff houses; a vehicle; and, a school hall.<br />

• Developed the Ha’apai High School Project, costed at $5.4m the construction<br />

of which will begin in November 1999, and is partly funded by China and the<br />

Ha’apai Primary Staff Quarters, costed at $1 .4m, which is funded by AIDAB<br />

under its regional assistance to Ha’apai.<br />

• Developed the Assistance to Primary and Secondary Curriculum Development<br />

Project, costed at $1 .4m, and was funded by AIDAB, and which was extended<br />

for another $1 .2m and the Community Development and Training Centre<br />

Project costed at $1 .8m, under which Tonga was able to expand its postsecondary<br />

education and training programme particularly in applied<br />

technology. The Project was also extended for another $1 .2m for another three<br />

year period.<br />

• Coordinated New Zealand assistance to Examinations and Curriculum<br />

Development, which is costed at $100,000 per annum.<br />

• Coordinated the participation of Tonga in the Consortium of <strong>Pacific</strong> Education<br />

(COPE), in which Tonga in partnership with Western Samoa, American<br />

Samoa, and the Cook Islands, made attempts to develop their capabilities in<br />

science and technology under the assistance of the <strong>Pacific</strong> International Center<br />

for High Technology Research (PICHTR), under funding from Japan. This<br />

development resulted in the establishment of the first satellite communication<br />

linkages for the region and the use of satellite communications for educational<br />

purposes in the region.<br />

• Coordinated the data collection in the Ministry and the computerisation of its<br />

services, the outcomes of which were used in planning purposes and the<br />

preparation of annual reports, etc.<br />

• Initiated research projects with Auckland University and coordinated the<br />

research activities undertaken under this association.<br />

• Procured senior science equipment from Australia, funded by AIDAB, and<br />

costed at $220,000.<br />

• Prepared following documents for Ministry: Annual Reports; Estimates<br />

(Recurrent and Development); Salary Revision and Proposals for New<br />

Structure submissions.<br />

• Edited Salaries Revision Committee Report (Cabinet Committee).<br />

• Prepared new staffing proposals for inclusion in Budget. For example, in<br />

1990/91, 317 posts were created, which constituted 61 per cent of the funds<br />

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approved by Cabinet for all new posts in that financial year for the whole of<br />

Tonga.<br />

• Prepared policy paper on ‘Conceptual Framework for Higher Education’,<br />

which provides the basis for the current and future developments in higher<br />

education in Tonga.<br />

• Planned the establishment of the National Form 7 programme, which is<br />

providing the basis for the development of post-secondary programmes in<br />

Tonga.<br />

• Planned and established the Distance Education and Communications Centre<br />

(DEACC) with partial funding from AIDAB/COL, Japan and PICHTR.<br />

• Prepared projects for funding under UNESCO’s Extra-Budgetary funding and<br />

Participation Programmes.<br />

1983-1987 Senior Education Officer for Policy and Planning.<br />

In addition to administering and managing the administrative division of the<br />

Ministry, the main responsibility of the post was the overall national planning of<br />

education in Tonga. Main planning tasks in this period included the following:<br />

• Vava’u High School, which was approved for funding by the Japanese (a<br />

$2m+ project).<br />

• Headed the Planning Team which designed the three-year integrated Diploma<br />

in Education programme for primary and secondary teachers, which was the<br />

first ever diploma programme to be taught in-country.<br />

• Wrote the proposal for the Development of Post-Secondary Education in<br />

Tonga, in which the role and functions of the Community Development and<br />

Training Centre were identified and made the submission which resulted in its<br />

approval by Cabinet and establishment in 1985.<br />

• Member of AIDAB Planning Team, which was commissioned to undertake the<br />

‘Design Study for a Community College in Tonga’ in 1985.<br />

• Coordinated the first survey study of the Tongatapu Formal Sector Economy<br />

entitled ‘Employment Structure 1984 and Manpower Requirements’.<br />

• Developed the first Population Education Project for Tonga, funded by<br />

• UNDP/UNFPA.<br />

• Wrote the Annual Reports of the Ministry of Education and prepared the<br />

Recurrent and Development Estimates submissions; Cabinet papers; Ministry<br />

position papers on educational issues for international conferences for the<br />

whole of this period.<br />

• Wrote the proposal for the establishment of Tonga’s first examinations unit<br />

and headed the planning team which negotiated with New Zealand for the<br />

assistance in this area.<br />

1981 TO June 1982<br />

Employer:<br />

Govt of Tonga<br />

Principal of Tonga College. (First Female Principal)<br />

Apart from administering and managing the school, which included its boarding<br />

facilities and the College farm, the main purpose of the appointment was to<br />

upgrade academic standards in the school in preparation for the Centennial<br />

Celebrations of the College in 1982 and for the establishment of Form 6 or NZUE<br />

classes in the school. The College achieved record passes in UE (the College’s first<br />

attempt) in that first year.<br />

Other Relevant Professional Involvement has included:<br />

1999<br />

Represented Tonga in the COL Meeting on Distance and Open Learning, Brunei.<br />

Team Leader of three-member Team reviewing the RMI-USP Joint Education Project.<br />

Invited to deliver address in Conference on Education in the Island States: Challenges and Prospects, Honiara,<br />

Solomon Islands, September, 1999. Meeting cancelled because of the political situation.<br />

Invited to deliver one of key-note addresses in SEAPREAMS Meeting in Taiwan<br />

1998<br />

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Appointed Chairperson of National Committee of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.<br />

Represented Tonga in the UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education, Hamburg, Germany.<br />

Accompanied Minister of Education to Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers of Education Meeting in Botswana,<br />

Africa.<br />

Member of five-member Tonga Review Team that assessed the performance of Tonga’s Scholarship students and the<br />

reasons for their high failure rate.<br />

Represented Tonga on UNESCO/University of Waikato Colloquium on Cultural Rights, Apia, Samoa. Presented<br />

paper ‘Cultural Rights in the Tongan Context.’<br />

1996<br />

Represented Tonga in USP Ministers’ of Education Meeting; Council Meeting; SPBEA Board Meeting; IOE Annual<br />

Advisory Committee Meeting; USP Academic Standing Committee Meeting.<br />

1995<br />

Represented Tonga in the Global Conference on Multiculturalism hosted by Australia.<br />

1994<br />

Member of the USP Team which undertook the ACP/EC Integrated HRD Study. Did the Tonga Country Report.<br />

One of the two official Government representatives to the 19 th International Conference of the Pan <strong>Pacific</strong> and South<br />

East Asia Women’s <strong>Association</strong> hosted by Tonga. Prepared the summary report of the deliberations of the<br />

Conference.<br />

Visiting Fellow at the University of Auckland to assist with the establishment of bilingual education in the Auckland<br />

area primary schools, particularly the introduction of Tongan as the medium of instruction in the early years of<br />

formal schooling.<br />

Brief Resume:<br />

Sex:<br />

Female<br />

Age: 61<br />

Date and Place of Birth:<br />

10 May 1946: Hihifo, Niuatoputapu, Tonga<br />

Marital Status:<br />

Never Married<br />

Children:<br />

5 Adopted Children (3 Boys and 2 Girls)<br />

Religion:<br />

Christianity (Free Wesleyan Church of<br />

Tonga)<br />

Race:<br />

Polynesian<br />

Nationality:<br />

Tongan<br />

Citizenship:<br />

Tongan<br />

Studies:<br />

Auckland University, NZ 1966-1968<br />

Moray House, Edinburgh, UK Oct. 1971- June 1972<br />

Leeds University, UK Oct. 1976- Sept. 1978<br />

Birmingham University, UK May 2005 – April 2008<br />

Work Experience:<br />

Scholarships Officer, Ministry of Education, Tonga, Oct. 1969 – January 1970.<br />

Assistant Teacher Graduate, Tonga College, 1970-1974.<br />

Deputy Principal, Tonga College, 1975.<br />

1976.<br />

Curriculum Officer (Senior Education Officer), Curriculum Development Unit (CDU),<br />

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Senior Education Officer, CDU, 1978.<br />

Principal, Tonga College, 1981-1982.<br />

Senior Education Officer, Policy and Planning, 1983-1987.<br />

Deputy Director of Education, Policy and Planning, 1987-1993.<br />

Deputy Director, Primary Education, 1994-1999.<br />

Deputy Director, Post-Secondary Education, March, 1999-June 1999.<br />

Senior Regional Fellow, USP, attached IOE and SOH, July 1999-December 1999.<br />

Senior Fellow, IOE, USP, January 2000 – 2002<br />

Director, IOE, USP, December 2002 – 2005<br />

Pro Vice Chancellor, USP, January 2006 -<br />

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