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Monday 9 June 2025 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education, National, Parliament
Nukutere College students at the Commerce Market Day held at the school last month. Nukutere College is one of the eight private schools in the Cook Islands. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25052313
The $2.3 million allocated to the Ministry of Education for the government-wide salary adjustment in the 2025/26 budget does not extend to the teachers of private schools, which make up over a quarter of the total schools in the Cook Islands.
The $2.3 million allocated to the Ministry of Education for the government-wide salary adjustment in the 2025/26 budget does not extend to the teachers of private schools, which make up over a quarter of the total schools in the Cook Islands.
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