PILNA rescheduled to November, following overwhelming support from Pacificâs education leaders
EQAP s numeracy specialist Seru Ramakita conducts a coding workshop with Vanuatu officials earlier in the year. Preparations for the main study, which include coding workshops, have been ongoing despite restrictions in Fiji caused by COVID-19.
The fourth cycle of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (PILNA) study will proceed in November-December this year, despite the challenges posed by COVID-19.
This was decided at a special virtual meeting of the PILNA Steering Committee that was convened by the Pacific Community s Educational Quality and Assessment Programme (EQAP) last month. The education leaders of the 15 Pacific islands countries that participate in PILNA accepted that the initial schedule of conducting the research in October was not possible because of the lockdown situation in Fiji and the delay in countries submitting registration data.