This study provides a detailed analysis of the financing of technical and vocational
education and training (TVET) in Fiji. The study team commenced its field investigations
in August 2013 and completed them in October 2013.
2. The Fijian Country Study Report into the Financing of TVET forms part of a region-wide
program Research into the Financing of TVET in the Pacific, initiated under Australia’s
international development assistance program in 2011.
3. The aims of the program, as identified by its Research Brief, are to produce, in
conjunction with host country governments and TVET stakeholders, a comprehensive
empirical analysis of the existing systems for financing TVET in seven Pacific countries
(Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu), identify
key financing issues within the region, and the policy implications they have for the future
financing for TVET, to enable it to be more efficient and effective at both national and
regional levels.