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Commonwealth schooling in pictures, 2
Class in Tonga
1 of 12
Photos by students attending the first Commonwealth education ministers' meeting youth summit, in Edinburgh. Part 2 of 2.
MALAYSIA, Asma Wan Mohd Nor
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MALAYSIA, Asma Wan Mohd Nor: "A female student engrossed in her research. Research is essential to improve and develop one's intellect. To me, knowledge is the greatest asset a person can own."
MONTSERRAT, Kenya Lee:
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MONTSERRAT, Kenya Lee: "Presently there is only one secondary school so most trophies are from campuses that existed before the volcanic crisis, or trophies won by different groups in the school."
MOZAMBIQUE, Jafete Como:
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MOZAMBIQUE, Jafete Como: "A child learning to write. I think that's what achievement means. Because when we are children and don't have the opportunity to go to school, we hardly succeed in life."
SIERRE LEONE, Hawa Kargbo
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SIERRE LEONE, Hawa Kargbo: "The students' lunch session at the United Methodists Church Baughman Primary School."
SINGAPORE, Kaval Kaur
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SINGAPORE, Kaval Kaur: "Examinations assess what we have learnt over the course of the year. They represent an achievement, as we are able to sit for exams only after we acquire enough knowledge and go through a challenging year."
ST KITTS AND ST NEVIS, Janielle Maynard:
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ST KITTS AND ST NEVIS, Janielle Maynard: "A student who wears two hearing aids being able to attend regular school. Achievement for me is where everyone has an opportunity to an education."
ST VINCENT, Norlan Jackson:
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ST VINCENT, Norlan Jackson: "A certificate in my first year at college. I try my best to work hard and give my all in my studies. And to have received and achieved this award to my surprise, has made me aware of my future abilities."
TONGA, Carolanne Makakaufaki
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TONGA, Carolanne Makakaufaki: "A class performing tauolunga - the national dance. I believe it is important that children can have a good, westernised education and still be proud of who they are, their culture and their heritage."
TURKS AND CAICOS, Roxandra Higgs
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TURKS AND CAICOS, Roxandra Higgs: "The values taught to children at the EL Simons Primary School are illustrated on a wall at the school."
VANUATU, Cedric Kere
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VANUATU, Cedric Kere: "Without these a good education would not be possible: a teacher, text books, blackboard, chair, the practical utensils and standard classroom to make learning effective."
ZAMBIA, Nomsa Mwanza
12 of 12
ZAMBIA, Nomsa Mwanza: "This is me and my head teacher. It shows how important co-operation and love from a head teacher is, and most of all, she is the woman who maybe, in the future, I will one day become."





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Commonwealth schooling in pictures, 1
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