Advisory Group On Education Meets In Chuuk WENO, Chuuk (Marianas Variety, August 1, 2013) — The Chuuk Advisory Group on Education held its third quarterly set of meetings in Weno, Chuuk this week. The advisory group is assisting the Chuuk State Board of Education and the Department of Education to follow through on Education reform commitments that were made at the Chuuk High Level Meeting on Education Reform held in November of 2012 in Weno Chuuk with representatives and staff from the FSM national government, the U.S. government and the Chuuk state government. Members of the advisory group include three very eminent friends of Chuuk, including Tom Bussanich, the director of the Division of Budget and Grants Management in the Office of Insular Affairs within the United States Department of the Interior; Patrick Tellei, the president of Palau Community College; and Francis X. Hezel, a Jesuit priest and the founder of the Micronesian Seminar. The advisory group once again met with the Chuuk state governor, Board of Education and Department of Education to discuss the on-going progress of 10 high-level commitments made at the November meeting as well as additional recommendations made by the advisory group during its first two quarterly meetings. The group and the BOE had very productive meetings and concurred on many of the reform issues being considered. Despite this much improved and expanded reform discussion, the group conveyed its concern regarding the slowness of the Chuuk state government to finalize the process of appointing and confirming the director of education and vacant and expiring Board of Education positions. The group also expressed concern regarding Chuuk’s slow progress in moving primary school consolidations forward, as agreed upon by all parties at the high level event.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 08:44:59 +0000
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