Dr. Ana Taufe'ulungaki - Pacific Science Association
Dr. Ana Taufe'ulungaki - Pacific Science Association
Dr. Ana Taufe'ulungaki - Pacific Science Association
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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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