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.
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Quality early education key to lifting numeracy standards
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The importance of high-quality early education in setting children up for lifelong learning is well known but when it comes to mathematics, it is equally obvious Australian students are falling significantly behind.
One of the main reasons for Australian students’ poor performance has just been revealed – some students are unable to recognise numbers higher than 10 or to write letters of the alphabet when they start primary school.
New research, which shows students are unable to do simple addition or read basic words when they start kindergarten, highlights just how important quality early learning is.