News and Updates

KOLONIA, Pohnpei – As part of the UN75 Focus Dialogue – FSM National Awareness Series, to mark World Children’s Day, the FSM Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Working Group in collaboration with the FSM National Department of Education and UNICEF held an Early Childhood Development Orientation and Refresher training Workshop on Friday, 13 November 2020. A […]

The morning of March 13, 2020 would have been just another ordinary day at Office of the President if it were not for the cheerful group of 17 children visiting from AWAK ECE center . The Honorable Vice President, Yoshiro George may not have been aware at first that he was literally in for a real treat

On February 19, 2020, Secretary Kalwin Kephas of National Department of Education was personally elated to receive a very welcome donation from the Marcella Foundation. This special donation came in boxes of hygienic products consisting of 2000 toothpaste, 1000 set of tooth brush and tooth paste bringing the total tally of 3000 combined.  Some NDOE

NDOE News and Updates–The FSM National Department of Education started its first of five workshops for its Development of Student Learning Outcomes in Science. The first workshop was held during the week of February 24 – 28, 2020 at the Western and Central Pacific Commission Conference room in Kolonia, Pohnpei.  Participants were from the four

NDOE News and Updates–As an official invitation to begin the significant work of reviewing the ESSDP (Education Sector Strategic Plan), a formal invitation was mailed out with the endorsement of Secretary Kalwin Kephas of the National Department of Education (NDOE) to the appropriate personnel at each of the States’ Department of Education, COM-FSM, Department of

NDOE News and Updates— January 6 to 10, 2020, an Annual Work Plan meeting took place in Chuuk at the Chuuk Department of Education conference room. The Chiefs of Curriculum & Instructions, Staff Development Coordinators, and Testing Coordinators were all invited to participate in this meeting.  The meeting was commenced with an opening prayer, followed

NDOE News and Updates — During the week of September 30, 2019 to October 04, 2019, a follow up training on analysis of school, student, and teacher data was held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The training was offered by National Institute for Research and Training, Nepal. Facilitator of training were officials from Education Review office, Nepal University

NDOE News and Updates–Pursuant to Section 8(6)e of Public Law 20-131, a sum of $ 75,000.00 was appropriated by the 21st FSM Congress for the continuation of the National Close Up Local Program (NCUP) which brings exceptional junior and senior students from the FSM states for a unique opportunity to observe first-hand and close-up look