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Fiji teachers union leader says policy racially based
A Fiji union leader says some indigenous Fijian students and their families will be better off to the tune of 900 US dollars this year under what he calls a...
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Fiji teachers union threatens legal action over fee free education for indigenous Fijians
The Fiji Teachers Union is threatening to take legal action against the government over its decision to provide fee free education to indigenous Fijian students only. The union's general secretary,...
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Fiji PM rejects plan for special assistance for some indigenous Fijian school pupils
Fiji's prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, has distanced himself from the education ministry's controversial plan to provide free Form 7 education only for indigenous Fijian students and not those of…
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Fiji educaton ministry accused of racism
Fiji's education ministry is facing allegations that it is proposing the most racially discriminatory policies that the Qarase government can ever put in place. Fiji TV says this follows…
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Fiji union plans to set up bank
A major Fiji trade union is planning to set up its own commercial bank to offer services to members and customers at lower fees and interest charges. The Fiji Teachers...
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Fiji Teacher's Union says schools are suffering because of ethnic based selection of teachers
The Fiji Teacher's Union says the country's schools are suffering because of government policies to reserve training places for indigenous Fijians. The union's secretary, Agni Deo Singh, says by…
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Fiji Teachers Union begins secret ballot to determine strike action
The Fiji Teachers Union says it will continue with a ballot of its members over strike action despite the referral of its case to arbitration. Its general secretary, Agni Deo...
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Fiji's MPs likely to vote themselves 36-percent pay increase
Members of Fiji's parliament are likely to vote themselves a substantial pay rise when the House of Representatives meets early in February. The Fiji Sun newspaper reports a 36-percent pay...
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Fiji 6th formers may need to resit exams
All sixth formers in Fiji may have to sit for a new Fiji School Leaving Certificate mathematics paper after it was leaked in several Suva schools before the examination. The...
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Fiji teachers union worried about exam paper leaks
The general secretary of the Fiji Teachers Union says leaked examination papers may just be the tip of the iceberg. This follows reports of some students who were found with...
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Fiji exam papers leaked
Fiji has been hit by another scandal over the leaking of examination papers just as thousands of secondary school students have begun sitting public exams. Reports say that some students...
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Outrage at Fiji Education Ministry freeze
There's outrage in Fiji over the education ministry's decision to freeze the development of new educational establishments next year. Fiji TV reports that a ministry memo sent to schools says...
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Fiji Teachers Union to protest discriminatory funding decision
The Fiji Teachers Union is to protest to the Education Minister over what it calls blatant discrimination to fund tuition fees for indigenous students only. The union's general secretary, Agni...
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Fiji cabinet to provide accountancy and economics tuition fees for indigenous Fijian students
Fiji's cabinet has agreed to provide full tuition fees for indigenous Fijian students studying acounting and economics in Forms 5 and 6. The Daily Post reports the cabinet has also...
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Students in Fiji in temporary shelters nine months after cyclone Ami
Students in the north of Fiji are continuing to take classes in temporary shelters, nine months after cyclone Ami destroyed many school buildings. The secretary general of the Fiji Teachers...
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Hemp suggested as alternative crop to sugar in Fiji
The Asian Development Bank has proposed growing Indian hemp, which is part of the marijuana group of plants, as an alternative to Fiji's ailing sugar industry. The Fiji Times quotes...
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Fiji teachers threaten protest action against government plans to downsize the public service
Fiji teachers have threatened to protest against the government's decision not to renew work contracts for 200 temporary teachers as part of its plans to cut the public service. The...
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Fiji government decision not to renew contracts of temporary teachers may close schools
Thousands of school students in Fiji may be forced to go home and classrooms closed after the government's decision not to renew the contracts of more than 200 temporary civil...
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Fiji treason trial hears of rebels' weapons supplied by Israel
In the treason trial in Fiji, an army captain told the high court that rebel elite soldiers carried out the 2000 coup with weapons supplied by the Israeli ambassador. Politician...
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Fiji Teachers Union wants affirmative action programmes extended to multi-racial schools
The Fiji Teachers Union has blamed the Qarase government for infesting the country's education system with racism. The union has called on the government to extend its affirmative action programmes...