[1] In 2013, the Bainimarama government made education at the primary and secondary level in Fiji free for all students.
Various education policies are formulated, and it highlights the primary areas like in-service training, personnel management along with the budgetary features.
One can get admitted to the secondary schools by appearing in the competitive exams and the student has to pay a nominal fee, the balance being subsidized by the government.
Government has put in policies to try to improve ease of access to tertiary education by establishing the Tertiary Scholarship and Loan Service, intended to provide financing to Fijian students who have qualified for higher education in approved institutions of higher learning but are unable to support themselves financially, increasing equitable access to higher education in the country in line with the Fijian Government’s vision of “Building a Smarter Fiji”.
[3] A subsidised bus fare scheme for primary and secondary students for those who come from families with a combined income of less than $15,000 was also rolled out by the government to ease access of being able to go to school, and was extended to those traveling by minibus, boats, and carriers.