However, self esteem and self worth are essential parts of education that must be focused on. The workshop provided educators with ideas about how to provide a healthy learning environment including making the best use of school land and personal health issues. Parents need to be more involved in a student's life. At the workshop I learned that most students skip school on the days that the dentists visit. When I asked why the parents allow this, an assistant education officer told me that the parents are often not informed.
Family life is as important to a child's education as is school life.
Parents must be informed and involved. Another problem is adult literacy. If a child's parents cannot read, they will not be informed about any school functions and will not be have the same effect on encouraging their child to read. Adult education and information classes or sessions would not only benefit the students, but the school and the community as well. The dichotomy of success models in Fiji deals with education, tradition, family life and ethnic differences.