APTC students end Work Skills Forum on high note

APTC students were empowered to put their knowledge and skills into practice during the recent Work Skills Forum in Solomon Islands, with the theme, “Putting Learned Skills to Work”.

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9 August 2019

Tertiary Director encourages new APTC graduates to aim high

“Reach for the stars and aim high.” This was the message from Director Anne-Rose Tjiobang of the Tertiary Education Department at the Ministry of Education and Training to 69 new ni-Vanuatu graduates of the Australia Pacific Training Coalition during …

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8 August 2019

Hagar Elenoa Holmes

“Mental health problems and losing my mother while studying at Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) did not deter me from achieving my dream.”

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8 August 2019

Successful APTC Alumna defies all odds

“Mental health problems and losing my mother while studying at Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) did not deter me from achieving my dream.”

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8 August 2019

Never give up, try once again

Giving up was never an option for 25-year-old Jiutasa Samuta, who finally enrolled at the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC) after trying for seven long years.

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8 August 2019

Tema keeps dream alive amidst detours

Temalesi Lutu, or Tema as she is known, was only 14 when she decided she was going to be a teacher but it took her 26 years to turn that dream into reality. Today, she is the Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) first Pacific Island female t …

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7 August 2019

Temalesi Lutu

Temalesi Lutu, or Tema as she is known, was only 14 when she decided she was going to be a teacher but it took her 26 years to turn that dream into reality. Today, she is the Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) first Pacific Island female t …

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7 August 2019

More Kiribati APTC Alumni Australia-bound for employment

More APTC alumni from Kiribati will soon commence work in Australia’s aged care sector under the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS).

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5 August 2019

Vila North School and APTC alumni promote inclusive education

Promoting inclusive education and supporting students with dyslexia is a major goal for Vila North School (VNS) this year.

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19 July 2019

Passion drives Gail to thrive in male-dominant trade

An ambassador for women in the carpentry trade, Gail Tamakam, from Vanuatu has been in the construction industry for over 20 years and working with men is nothing new for her.

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11 July 2019

Play, laugh, learn and repeat – Happy Kindy Day!

David Malouf, an Australian Indigenous Literacy Foundation Ambassador, once said, “Reading is a form of magic. It gives us access to a world that has no limits and where everybody is welcome and can be at home.”

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24 June 2019

APTC Carpentry students install community pelmets

The Australia Pacific Training Coalition’s (APTC) carpentry students in Vanuatu translated their classroom learning into community work by installing pelmets as part of the roof structure in the local community hall in Mele-Waisisi. Pelmets are often …

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24 June 2019