Schools in Vava'u in Tonga are in desperate need for more teachers and laboratory equipment for secondary schools.
School students in Tonga's Vava'u are lacking teachers and materials Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson
The head of the school division in Vava'u, Taniela Vaha'i, says there was a meeting with teachers, the education minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, and other cabinet ministers yesterday.
TBC reports Taniela Vaha'i saying Mr Pohiva requested that appreciation be given to unpaid preschool teachers.