The Vanuatu Education and Training Sector Strategy (VETSS) 2019-2030 was developed to align with and respond to the strategic direction and intent of the National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 to 2030 (The People’s Plan).
The VETSS has been developed by the Ministry of Education and Training (the Ministry) through a process that involved extensive research of the current situation in the Ministry and resulted in the completion of an Education and Training Sector Analysis (ETSA) to inform the current status of the sector to support overall decision-making.
The VETSS 2019-30 provides long term direction for the sector as a whole, but also direction for various Directorates and Work Units to focus their efforts to ensure that, within the Ministry and as a country, we commit to delivering on the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The VETSS 2019-2030 has been developed by the Ministry for the Ministry. Owning the process and preparing relevant strategic documents, is a step forward in self-reliance, responsibility, accountability and ownership. The Policy and Planning Directorate (PPD) planned and managed the process resulting in the development of the VETSS. They were supported in the process by development partners (Global Partnership for Education – GPE, UNICEF, and DFAT). The process also supported the strengthening of research and analysis capacity.
The VETSS is a critical step in the Ministry’s planning; it responds to national strategic and policy directions in the Peoples Plan, it provides guidance and direction for a coordinated approach to the three-year Corporate Plan, and annual business plans, and it provides a focus for Provinces and Schools to see their work and priorities reflected at a national level. The objective of this Plan is to improve education for all in an efficient and effective way. The VETSS provides the direction and set priorities, taking into account the different key policy areas such as teacher quality, school subsidies, inclusive education, plurilingualism, infrastructure, curriculum, minimum standards, evidence-based policies, management systems, monitoring and evaluation, rationalization of resources, devolution, governance, partnerships and communication.
Education and training is the key to a better and innovative future, protection of our culture and identity, and the development of each and every individual, community, society and the nation as a whole. Through education we are able to build the capacity of every Ni-Vanuatu to take responsibility for themselves, and where each individual has the opportunity to succeed, exercise their rights and contribute to the overall development of Vanuatu.
Read the Vanuatu Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan 2020-2030 here.