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Nauru is a small country in Oceania, in the south Pacific Ocean. The Nauru education system focuses on making education compulsory and mandatory for the people of Nauru, and recent policies of the government and the department of education have already started the drive in the positive direction.
The Nauru education system plans to promote basic education to all citizens of Nauru. The education policy is aggressive, and conducive to rapid and all round development among the children of Nauru. Currently in Nauru, education is given the top priority by the government. Development is the prime criteria of the Nauru government at present, and to reach its goals, it plans to develop a new educated group of youths who would steer Nauru to the right directions of development.
Pre-school and preparatory education is free in Nauru, and also mandatory, for children between the age of 6 and 15. The rates of enrollment has steadily risen over the past few years. The student and teacher ratio is conducive to easy learning, and on completion of the primary course, students are awarded the Nauru Primary Certificate.
The secondary education at Nauru is divided into two parts, the first four years being compulsory and the final two optional. Very often, those seeking higher education might want to go to Australia. The main medium of communication and education in English. Higher education facilities in Nauru are currently rudimentary, but under fast growth. Efforts are on to set up a teachers training institute.
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