Experience from the classroom
After studying in Fiji, Toakarawa became a teaching assistant at St. Louis High School, supporting deaf students. The forum brought together school leaders, partners and ministry officials. Participants discussed learners on remote islands, neurodivergent children and gender-based violence in schools, then jointly identified priorities for future work. [1]
Earlier progress in mainstream schools
An Australian High Commission account from December 2023 recorded nine model inclusion schools supported through the Kiribati Education Improvement Program. It reported that 217 boys and girls with disabilities had entered mainstream primary and secondary education through those schools. [2]
Support for the next stage
Australia’s subsequent EduKAIT programme, established with Kiribati in 2024, included disability inclusion and gender equality among its priorities. Its objectives also covered stronger education services and improved teaching and learning across year levels. [3]