The Higher Education Commission Fiji is working to strengthen standards and safeguard students amid growing concerns over unregulated overseas student recruitment practices.

Concerns that the growing use of micro qualifications could weaken the integrity of Fiji’s formal education system have been raised during scrutiny of the proposed Education Bill 2025 by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Affairs.

Delays in the $200 Back-to-School Assistance have raised concerns among some parents nationwide.

Drug use, glue sniffing, and bullying in schools remain major concerns as the new academic year begins.

The Great Council of Chiefs’ Education Committee is calling for the reinstatement of disaggregated ethnic data in Fiji’s education system, saying its absence has weakened policy-making and masked disparities in student achievement.

Fiji’s proposed Education Bill risks falling behind the realities of modern higher education unless it is updated to reflect global shifts in learning, technology and qualification delivery.

The proposed Education Bill could create serious regulatory gaps in teacher registration if key provisions from the existing Fiji Teachers Registration Authority Act are not carried over.

Following warnings made to traders in the country regarding back-to-school shopping, the Suva Retailers Association is urging local businesses to avoid price gouging.

Thousands of students are at risk of missing out on tertiary funding as over 4,000 applications remain incomplete.

More than a 100 parents and guardians were lined up today at the Ministry of Education Office for inquiries concerning the $200 Back-To-School assistance.

What began as a New Year holiday in Suva turned into a timely back-to-school boost for Beqa mother of four, Makereta Dredregasa with the arrival of the $200 Back-to-School assistance payout.

Schools are being advised to allow students dissatisfied with their results to repeat their current grade, providing them a second chance to improve.