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Scholarships face stronger checks

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  • The Tertiary Scholarship and Loans Service and the Higher Education Commission in Fiji signed an MOU to enhance monitoring of higher education institutions.
  • This partnership aims to improve information sharing and accountability, ensuring scholarship funds support accredited programs meeting Fiji's workforce needs.
  • Both agencies stated the agreement prioritizes students and will improve the quality and accountability of higher education.

Fiji's Tertiary Scholarship and Loans Service (TSLS) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have partnered to strengthen oversight of educational institutions. The two agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost information sharing and accountability across the sector.

Ro Teimumu Kepa, TSLS Board Chair, highlighted that the collaboration will ensure scholarship funding supports accredited programs aligned with Fiji's workforce and development needs. Concerns have been raised about graduates lacking essential skills for employment, making this enhanced monitoring crucial.

HEC Chair Rokobua Naiyaga stated the partnership will elevate the standard of education in Fiji. Both organizations emphasized that students will remain central to decision-making processes, leading to improved quality and accountability within higher education institutions.

Through this collaboration, we will strengthen information sharing, improve monitoring of higher education institutions, and ensure that scholarship funding supports accredited programs that meet Fiji’s workforce and development needs.

— Ro Teimumu KepaTSLS Board Chair explaining the goals of the MOU
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