For these children, the education restrictions Covid-19 has created are a permanent part of their learning experience. Recently released findings of the 2018 Pacific Island Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (Pilna), a huge collaborative exercise across 15 countries and more than 900 schools, showed improved literacy and numeracy skills of primary school students. How students learnWhat has changed is our understanding of how students learn — what motivates them to keep learning and what turns them away from formal education. Regardless of their own level of education, adults can support the motivation of Pacific Island children to learn and grow academically. BY MICHELLE BELISLE, IPSDr. Michelle Belisle is the director of the education quality and assessment program at The Pacific Community (SPC).

Source: Manila Times August 19, 2020 16:13 UTC