[1] He did not attend secondary school as a teenager, but returned at age eighteen to learn English.
[1] He later studied at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, graduating in 2016 with a Masters in Criminology.
[3] During his term as minister the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, launched the Tuvalu Learning Project (TuLEP) to strengthen the quality of education and service delivery for pre-school children.
This five-year project, which commenced in 2020, was funded by a grant of US$14 million from the World Bank, with the project including: training of teachers; resourcing of pre-school centers with learning materials, age-appropriate readers and playgroup kits.
TuLEP also includes funding for internet connectivity in all outer island schools to facilitate online learning and communications.