The promises
- Under way
Support to study through university
Government scholarship budget rose from SAT$10 million to SAT$13 million; recipient numbers not published.
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- Promised
- Assistance when a child reaches university, from the 14 July 2025 manifesto account, which lists support from pre-school through university; no amount or date 1.
- What happened
- The 2025/26 budget, tabled 7 October 2025, allocated SAT$10 million for government scholarships 2. The 27 May 2026 budget address raised this to SAT$13 million for local and overseas undergraduate study, and added SAT$1.5 million for post-school education and training providers, SAT$250,000 for apprenticeships and SAT$200,000 for professional bodies 3. The previous FAST government budgeted SAT$6.3 million for scholarships in 2024/25 4.
- Impact on families
- Budget allocations have roughly doubled since 2024/25, but no count of scholarship holders, amount per student or graduation figures for the new allocations has been published 34. NUS continues to invoice semester fees, so students without a scholarship still pay 5. What would show impact: the number of awards made each year and completion rates.
- Cost
- SAT$13 million a year for scholarships in 2026/27, about 1% of receipts of SAT$1,284.7 million, plus SAT$1.95 million for training providers, apprenticeships and professional bodies 3.
- Verdict for families
- Good for aiga
- Can it be done?
- Doable
- Long term
- Good long term
- Who deserves the credit
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Shared credit
The Government Scholarship Scheme is inherited: the previous FAST government funded it at SAT$6.3 million in 2024/25 alongside a SAT$1.5 million teachers' higher-education scheme 4. This government raised the line to SAT$10 million and then SAT$13 million, and its October 2025 budget says the new awards complement existing scholarships from development partners, so partner-funded places carry part of tertiary study 23.
- Who gains
- Students who win one of the awards funded by the SAT$13 million line gain fees and living costs paid; how many and who is not published 3.
- Who pays
- Taxpayers pay about 1% of receipts, and families whose children do not qualify still pay NUS fees themselves 35.
- Assessment
- The amounts are small against the budget and already appropriated, so this is affordable and can be kept up 3. Scholarships go to students who qualify, not to the poorest families, and the government has not published who received them 3. Trained graduates have long-term value, but the IMF notes labour shortages from continued outward migration, and scholarship holders who leave take the return with them 6. Bonding or service conditions and a published recipient list would show whether the money stays in Samoa. The new money is an increase to a scheme that already existed, and the October 2025 budget itself credits development partners with the existing overseas scholarships 42.
Sources (6)
- FAST Party Manifesto Centres on the Family Unit
- Minister of Finance Tables $1.24bn Talā Peoples Budget
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Budget Address 2024/2025
- Financial Services – National University of Samoa
- IMF Executive Board Concludes 2026 Article IV Consultation with Samoa
- No sign yet
Free schooling through college
Tuition was already covered by the pre-existing SAT$18 million school grant; nothing new for the promise has been funded, extra fees remain and the grant ran late in 2026.
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- Promised
- Free education, described by the Samoa Observer's 28 August 2025 comparison as schooling free through college (secondary school) 1. The 14 July 2025 manifesto account describes assistance at pre-school, primary, college and university but does not say university tuition would be free 2. No amount or start date was given 12.
- What happened
- No new law, entitlement or budget line for free schooling has been passed since the election; the fee-free tuition families have rests on the One Government Grant to schools, which existed before the promise. The 2025/26 budget, tabled 7 October 2025, raised the grant from SAT$18 million to SAT$18.5 million 3. The 2026/27 budget address of 27 May 2026 put it back to SAT$18 million for 320 schools 4. On 12 February 2026 the prime minister said tuition fees were covered but school committees still charged registration, building and other fees, up to SAT$150 for registration in some cases, and said extra charges at any primary school would be enforced against 5. In November 2025 the Minister of Women, Community and Social Development told a UN summit that free education from early childhood to tertiary would start in July 2026; by August 2026 the prime minister was telling NUS students that their families, villages and district councils were paying their tuition, and NUS still invoices semester fees 6717. On 13 May 2026 schools were in Term 2 without their full 2025/26 grant; the prime minister said release depended on the new Fono Faavae district arrangements and three signatures per school 8. In June 2026 the education minister told Parliament the grant had not been audited for eight years and alleged misuse (reported 17 June 2026); that is an allegation, not an audit finding 9. What was done instead: a one-off SAT$150 back-to-school payment through district councils, which by 8 April 2026 had gone to 105,669 people, SAT$15,850,350 in all; Cabinet approved it for all citizens including adults and newborns, so that is not a count of pupils 16.
- Impact on families
- In the last completed year before this government, MEC paid 98% of the SAT$18 million grant, SAT$17,895,407, to 335 schools in March 2025 10. No 2025/26 school-by-school payment total has been published 8. Parents are still asked for registration, building and other fees, up to SAT$150 for registration in some schools 5. SBS's 2023 survey put average household education spending at SAT$305 a year and SAT$25,890,374 nationally; no later survey shows whether this fell 11. What would show delivery: a published 2025/26 grant payment list, a rule ending extra primary charges with enforcement data, and an NUS fee schedule showing tuition waived.
- Cost
- Not costed by FAST. The existing grant is SAT$18 million a year, about 1.4% of 2026/27 receipts of SAT$1,284.7 million 4; extending free tuition to university has no published figure.
- Verdict for families
- Good for aiga
- Can it be done?
- Doable
- Long term
- Good long term
- Who gains
- Families with children in primary and secondary school gain, most of all the poor households whose children were enrolled in secondary school at 72.9% against 84.7% for the non-poor in 2023 13; the tertiary extension would mainly reach the minority who get into NUS 7.
- Who pays
- Taxpayers already carry the SAT$18 million grant; a university extension would fall on future budgets with no published figure, while the schools went without their full grant for most of 2025/26 8.
- Assessment
- Keeping tuition free through secondary school costs no more than the grant already pays, so it is affordable; what is missing is enforcement against extra charges and a reliable payment date 58. The cost of attendance falls hardest on poor households: in 2023, 72.9% of poor children were enrolled in secondary school against 84.7% of the non-poor, and a 2026 MEC study found 41% of early school-leavers cited lack of financial support 1314. Education spending pays back over decades in skills and earnings, but the 2025 to 2030 education plan says Year 4 and Year 6 literacy and numeracy are still below expected standards, so free places only help if teaching improves too 15. Free university tuition would be a new recurrent cost with no published figure, and the IMF asked for new support to be temporary and targeted 12.
Sources (17)
- What the three major parties are promising Samoa
- FAST Party Manifesto Centres on the Family Unit
- Minister of Finance Tables $1.24bn Talā Peoples Budget
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Government to Impose Strict Enforcement of Free Education for All Children of Samoa
- Samoa Committed to Social Justice, Inclusion & Family-Centred Development
- Financial Services – National University of Samoa
- Schools to receive funds soon: PM
- Government Education Grant abused and not audited for 8 years
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Samoa 2023 Household Income and Expenditure Survey Report
- 2026 Article IV Consultation for Samoa: IMF Staff Concluding Statement
- Samoa monetary poverty assessment 2023
- Reasons Students in Samoa Do Not Complete Secondary
- Education Sector Plan 2025–2030
- More than $15M paid out in $150 school support
- PM address recent violence and drugs with NUS Students & Staff
- No sign yet
Free school lunches
Announced with a July 2026 start, then pushed to 12 to 24 months; no school serving free lunches has been reported.
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- Promised
- Free school lunches, listed in the 28 August 2025 election comparison with no cost or start date 1. After the election a minister said free healthy lunches would start in July 2026 2.
- What happened
- On 7 November 2025 a minister told a UN summit that free healthy school lunches would start in July 2026 2. On 24 January 2026 the government said a school nutrition programme would be implemented within 12 to 24 months, starting at early childhood level, which is later than the July 2026 date 8. On 12 February 2026 the prime minister said kitchens and dining facilities would be built for all schools under the Million Tala Project, with parents and school committees preparing meals 3. Neither the 7 October 2025 budget nor the 27 May 2026 budget address lists a funded lunch programme 45. No report of lunches being served under the promise was found by 19 October 2026 35.
- Impact on families
- No meals, schools or pupils have been counted because no programme is running 35. A 2026 MEC study of early school-leaving lists having no bus fare or lunch money among the financial hardships behind dropping out, so the promise targets a real household cost 7. What would show delivery: a budget line, a list of participating schools and a count of meals served.
- Cost
- Not costed by FAST; no budget line in 2025/26 or 2026/27 45.
- Verdict for families
- Good for aiga
- Can it be done?
- A stretch
- Long term
- Good long term
- Who gains
- Children in low-income families gain most: the MEC study found that having no lunch money or bus fare is among the hardships behind early school-leaving 7.
- Who pays
- Nothing has been paid, so no one has paid yet; a nationwide scheme would need a new recurrent line in budgets that already run a stated SAT$215.9 million cash deficit 5.
- Assessment
- A daily meal in every school needs kitchens, suppliers and recurrent money every year; none has been budgeted, so delivery within the term is a stretch 45. The 2026 MEC study lists lunch money and bus fares among the reasons pupils leave school, so a working programme would reach the children most likely to drop out 7. School meals support attendance and nutrition over the long term, but the money has to be found without cutting the grant that runs the schools; the IMF asked for new support to be temporary and targeted 6. A programme that starts in the poorest districts would be cheaper and better targeted than a nationwide one.
Sources (8)
- What the three major parties are promising Samoa
- Samoa Committed to Social Justice, Inclusion & Family-Centred Development
- Government to Impose Strict Enforcement of Free Education for All Children of Samoa
- Minister of Finance Tables $1.24bn Talā Peoples Budget
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- 2026 Article IV Consultation for Samoa: IMF Staff Concluding Statement
- Reasons Students in Samoa Do Not Complete Secondary
- Government Moves to Tackle Failures of Samoa's Education System
- No sign yet
Government to pay pre-school teachers
A new career and pay framework for teachers, including early childhood, is being developed; no pre-school teacher has been moved onto the government payroll.
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- Promised
- Government payment of pre-school (early childhood) teachers, from the 14 July 2025 manifesto account; no amount or start date 1.
- What happened
- In January 2026 the prime minister asked the education ministry to review the system after poor exam results and linked them to teacher shortages 2. In June 2026 the prime minister said a new career structure and remuneration framework for teachers, including early childhood teachers, was being developed 3. The 27 May 2026 budget funds a SAT$1.5 million Teachers Higher Education Scheme, which pays for training, not salaries 4. No decision to put pre-school teachers on the government payroll was found by 19 October 2026 34.
- Impact on families
- No pre-school teacher has been reported as newly paid by government. Before the election MEC recorded 41 of 411 early childhood teachers sponsored for study in semester two of 2024, which shows the size of the workforce the promise covers 5. What would show delivery: a payroll decision with a salary scale and a count of teachers paid.
- Cost
- Not costed; MEC counted 411 early childhood teachers in 2024, and no salary scale has been published 5.
- Verdict for families
- Good for aiga
- Can it be done?
- Doable
- Long term
- Good long term
- Who gains
- The 411 early childhood teachers MEC counted in 2024 would gain a government wage, and the families whose fees now pay them would gain cheaper pre-school 5.
- Who pays
- Taxpayers would carry a small new recurrent payroll; no one has paid yet because nothing has been decided 34.
- Assessment
- With 411 teachers the payroll would be small next to the SAT$18 million grant, so the money is findable; the block is the unfinished teacher pay framework 34. The 2025 to 2030 education plan says achievement is below expected standards and calls for targeted support for learners at risk, and paid early childhood teachers are easier to keep and train 6. The prime minister linked poor results to teacher shortages in January 2026, so stable pay is also a supply measure 2. A recurrent cost this size does not threaten the budget, but it should come with registration and training conditions so the money buys quality.
Sources (6)
- FAST Party Manifesto Centres on the Family Unit
- Exam results prompt review of Sāmoa's education system
- Go Public: Unions work together to defend and invest in public education throughout the Pacific
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Education Sector Plan 2025–2030
- No sign yet
Government to pay church school teachers
Mission schools still get the old grant subsidy; no new payroll decision for their teachers.
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- Promised
- Government pay for teachers at church (mission) schools, listed in the 28 August 2025 election comparison; no amount or start date 1.
- What happened
- The One Government Grant has subsidised teachers at church, private, early childhood and special needs schools since the HRPP government's 2020/21 budget, which set aside more than SAT$10 million of the SAT$18 million grant for that purpose 2. In April 2022 the Fiamē government released SAT$17.7 million of the grant on condition that 60% assisted the salaries of all mission and private school teachers 9. The grant continues at SAT$18 million in 2026/27 3. In June 2026 the prime minister said a new teacher career and remuneration framework was being developed 4. No decision to pay all mission school teachers from the government payroll was found by 19 October 2026 34.
- Impact on families
- MEC counted 631 mission school teachers in 2025, before the election; none has been reported as newly paid by government under this promise 5. The 2025/26 grant was late, which the opposition said left schools short for salaries and supplies 6. What would show delivery: a Cabinet decision, a salary scale and the number of mission teachers paid.
- Cost
- Not costed by FAST. The grant already carried more than SAT$10 million a year in teacher subsidies for church, private, early childhood and special needs schools in 2020/21, and in 2022 60% of the grant was conditioned on assisting mission and private school teacher salaries 29.
- Verdict for families
- Cuts both ways
- Can it be done?
- A stretch
- Long term
- Mixed long term
- Who gains
- The 631 mission school teachers MEC counted in 2025 would gain government pay, and mission school families would gain if their schools then cut fees 5.
- Who pays
- Taxpayers and future budgets carry a permanent payroll on top of the grant's existing SAT$10 million-plus teacher subsidy, with no cost published 239.
- Assessment
- Putting 631 mission teachers on government pay is a permanent cost on top of the subsidy the grant already pays, and the government has not finished the pay framework it would need 45. The IMF asked for support to be temporary and targeted; a recurrent payroll is neither, and it competes with the grant itself, which was paid late in 2026 67. It would help mission schools keep teachers at a time the prime minister links poor results to a shortage, and could ease what mission schools charge parents 8. The gain for families depends on a condition no one has set: that mission schools cut fees once government pays their teachers.
Sources (9)
- What the three major parties are promising Samoa
- SAVALI ISSUE 37: DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2020 | SAVALI 37: ASO 16 SETEMA 2020.
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Go Public: Unions work together to defend and invest in public education throughout the Pacific
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Misplaced priorities at a critical time
- 2026 Article IV Consultation for Samoa: IMF Staff Concluding Statement
- Exam results prompt review of Sāmoa's education system
- ONE GOVERNMENT GRANT 2022
- No sign yet
More than SAT$50 million for school facilities
No SAT$50 million facilities programme appears in either budget.
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- Promised
- Invest more than SAT$50 million in school facilities, from the 28 August 2025 election comparison; no spending period given 1.
- What happened
- Neither the 7 October 2025 budget nor the 27 May 2026 budget address, which puts the Ministry of Education and Culture at SAT$135.4 million, identifies a SAT$50 million-plus school facilities programme 23. No tender, project list or construction report tied to the promise was found by 19 October 2026 3.
- Impact on families
- No new facilities attributable to the promise have been reported. MEC's last annual report, covering 2024/25 before the election, recorded six completed school projects, two buildings and four halls 4. What would show delivery: a capital works list with costs and completion dates.
- Cost
- SAT$50 million plus, period unstated: about 3.9% of 2026/27 receipts of SAT$1,284.7 million if spent in one year, against an education and culture budget of SAT$135.4 million 3.
- Verdict for families
- Good for aiga
- Can it be done?
- A stretch
- Long term
- Good long term
- Who gains
- Pupils in the schools rebuilt would gain, and rural schools most if the list is drawn by need; no list exists 3.
- Who pays
- SAT$50 million plus would come from the capital budget or donors, and villages and school committees carry the upkeep, which the grant does not cover 6.
- Assessment
- The sum is large against a SAT$135.4 million education budget, and the IMF found the government persistently under-spends its capital budget, so delivery within the term is a stretch even if the money is found 35. Buildings are a one-off cost rather than a recurrent one, but government reporting in 2020 admitted maintenance sits outside the grant, so new classrooms and halls need an upkeep line to last 6. Better facilities reach pupils directly; the 2025 to 2030 education plan says roughly one in two boys and one in four girls leave before completing Year 12 7. Donor-funded school building is the usual route in Samoa, so the promise is realistic over a longer period than one term.
Sources (7)
- What the three major parties are promising Samoa
- Minister of Finance Tables $1.24bn Talā Peoples Budget
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- 2026 Article IV Consultation for Samoa: IMF Staff Concluding Statement
- SAVALI ISSUE 37: DATED 16 SEPTEMBER 2020 | SAVALI 37: ASO 16 SETEMA 2020.
- Education Sector Plan 2025–2030
Projects in this area
- Delivered with problems
SAT$150 back-to-school district payment
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- What it is
- A SAT$150 per person school-support payment, paid through district councils, was delayed until after the 28 February 2026 by-elections and reached 105,669 people by 8 April 2026, with seven districts still pending. 13
- Planning
- The payment was channelled through district councils from their SAT$1.8m 2025/26 allocations. 12 The Prime Minister said payments would wait until after the 28 February 2026 by-elections, to avoid claims the funds were used for campaigning. 1
- Result
- SAT$15,850,350 had been paid to 105,669 people by 8 April 2026; 3 the ministry's 6 May 2026 update lists 160,354 recipients and SAT$24,053,100. 4 The money came from about SAT$32m of the districts' 2025/26 allocations, so it was taken from district projects rather than new funding; the Prime Minister said it had to be spent before the financial year ended in June. 5 This is the current government's own decision. 15 At SAT$150 a head, paid to adults and newborns alike, it reached rich and poor households alike; districts including Faleata No. 2 and Vaimauga No. 3 ran out of funds and some residents were turned away. 3 Families got SAT$150 a head in cash during the first school term; nothing published measures any effect on attendance or fees. 3
- Cost
- SAT$32.25m scheme; SAT$24,053,100 paid to 160,354 people by 6 May 2026
- Funded by
- Government, through district councils
- Visibility
- The ministry published recipient and payment totals. 4 No district-by-district reconciliation has been published; the government confirmed a SAT$750,000 Safata No. 1 cash withdrawal was for these payments and said SAT$1.26m was first released to each district, but gave no recipient list, receipts or audit. 6
Sources (6)
- Over $90 Million Tala to be Distributed for Community Development
- 20 More Districts Receive $1.8M for Development Projects
- More than $15M paid out in $150 school support
- News & Events – MWCSD: 160,354 tagata ua faamauina ua talaina a latou seleni ($150)
- PM Clarifies $32M Funding for Back-to-School Scheme
- Government confirms $750,000 Safata withdrawal but spending records remain unpublished
- Delivered and working
School buildings: Vaigaga and five other completions
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- What it is
- Six school projects (two buildings and four halls) were completed in 2024/25 at Manono Uta, Vaigaga, Samatau, Faleapuna, Siufaga Falelatai and Luatuanu'u. 12
- Planning
- Vaigaga's construction went to Zheng Construction Co Ltd (SAT$5,023,340.37, approved 25 October 2023) with five other listed bidders; design and supervision went to OSM Consultants in partnership with BECA International Consultants (SAT$745,050.50, approved 21 December 2022) under the Pacific Resilience Program (PREP Samoa). 1
- Result
- The Education Ministry's 2024/25 annual report lists all six as completed; it gives no defects or maintenance check. 2 Vaigaga was contracted in 2022 and 2023 and finished by June 2025, under Fiamē's government. 12 Zheng Construction's SAT$5.02m Vaigaga contract was competitively bid; with design it cost about SAT$5.8m, and no pupil numbers are published to set that against. 1 Pupils gain classrooms and halls; who pays for upkeep is not stated. 2
- Cost
- Vaigaga SAT$5.02m construction plus SAT$745,051 design; others not itemised
- Funded by
- PREP Samoa (World Bank) for Vaigaga; others vary
- Visibility
- Tender values are visible for Vaigaga. The ministry publishes locations and counts, not a cost-and-performance account for all six. 12
Sources (2)
- Tender Awards | MOF Samoa
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Delivered with problems
One Government school grant, devices and connectivity
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- What it is
- The SAT$18m annual school grant and device purchases continue, but in May 2026 the Prime Minister said over SAT$1m of the grant was unused and audits were missing in the education sector. 1234
- Planning
- The grant is paid per child under an OGG Fund Manual and Cabinet approvals; in 2022 it was SAT$17.7m for 342 schools. 7 Devices were bought in five competitive lots from Island Rock (SAT$597,800), Vodafone (three lots, SAT$851,288 in total) and Samoa Stationery & Books (SAT$660,000), approved 30 August 2023. 2
- Result
- Schools received SAT$17,895,407 of the SAT$18m grant in 2024/25, 98% of it paid to 335 schools in March 2025; 29 schools (12 colleges and 17 primary) were connected by Starlink or fibre, and only SAT$166,419 of the SAT$880,000 school connectivity line was spent. 5 In May 2026 schools were in Term 2 without their full 2025/26 allocation; the Prime Minister tied release to the new district-council (Fono Faavae) arrangements and said over SAT$1m of the SAT$18.5m grant was unused and under review. 3 In June 2026 the education minister told Parliament the grant had not been audited for eight years, had been abused and misspent, and that some principals faced court cases; that is a minister's statement, not a published audit finding. 6 The grant existed before the current government: SAT$17.7m in 2022, SAT$18m in 2024/25 and SAT$18m for 320 schools in 2026/27; the current government moved its administration to district councils. 1467 At SAT$18m for 320 to 335 schools the grant averages roughly SAT$55,000 a school a year and meets schools' operating costs; routing it through district councils puts school money under Cabinet-appointed chairs. 3458
- Cost
- SAT$18m a year grant; SAT$880,000 connectivity (2024/25)
- Funded by
- Government of Samoa
- Visibility
- Budgets and device awards are public. 12 School-by-school spending, the eight years of missing audits and the reasons for the 2026 delay are not. 36
Sources (8)
- Budget Address 2024/2025
- Tender Awards | MOF Samoa
- Schools to receive funds soon: PM
- Minister of Finance Hon Mulipola Anarosa Budget Address 2026/2027
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Government Education Grant abused and not audited for 8 years
- ONE GOVERNMENT GRANT 2022 - Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
- What Samoa's District Development Act 2026 means for district funding?
What FAST did in 2021 to 2025
- 2021 to 2025Not kept
The 2021/22 budget, the new FAST government's first, kept the school grant at its stimulus level and said it would be restructured to cover teacher salaries while agencies worked out how to bring all the country's teachers onto the government payroll 1. In April 2022 the grant was released on condition that 60% assisted the salaries of mission and private school teachers, a subsidy rather than a government payroll 2. No source reviewed shows teachers were moved onto the payroll; by 2025 government payment of pre-school teachers was back on the manifesto 3.
Sources (3)
- BUDGET ADDRESS 2021/2022
- ONE GOVERNMENT GRANT 2022
- FAST Party Manifesto Centres on the Family Unit
- 2021 to 2025Unclear
The school grant continued at SAT$18 million a year under the 2024/25 budget; MEC paid 98% of it, SAT$17,895,407, to 335 schools in March 2025 and completed six school building projects, two buildings and four halls 12. The 2024/25 budget also funded SAT$6.3 million in scholarships, SAT$1.5 million for teacher higher education and SAT$880,000 for school connectivity, of which SAT$166,419 was spent, with 29 schools connected by Starlink or fibre 12.
Sources (2)
- Budget Address 2024/2025
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- 2021 to 2025Not kept
In 2021 the government announced it was considering abolishing tuition fees at NUS; it did not happen. NUS reduced enrolment fees in 2023 and still invoices semester fees, and in August 2026 the prime minister told NUS students that their families, villages and district councils were paying their tuition 123.
Sources (3)
- Samoa | Financing for equity in higher education | Education Profiles
- Financial Services – National University of Samoa
- PM address recent violence and drugs with NUS Students & Staff
- 2021 to 2025Unclear
The 2024/25 budget address said primary teachers with higher education qualifications rose from 44% in 2021 to 50% in 2023, and secondary from 63% to 68% 1; MEC's statistical digests give different figures for degree holders, 51% of primary and 76% of secondary teachers in June 2021 and 71% of secondary teachers in 2023, so the sources disagree 45. Teacher numbers fell from 2,569 in 2024 to 2,533 in 2025 2, and the 2025 to 2030 education plan says Year 4 and Year 6 literacy and numeracy remain below expected standards 3. Which policy caused the changes is not established 1.
Sources (5)
- Budget Address 2024/2025
- Annual Report of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the financial year ended June 30, 2025
- Education Sector Plan 2025–2030
- Education Statistical Digest 2021
- Education Statistical Digest 2023