Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Koe hisitolia o mamani
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Kuo buluji maae G. Lautohi = Government Primary School
Place
Date
1903
Physical Description
Language
Tongan
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Public Access Text
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
"The first schools in Tonga were started by the Wesleyan Mission in 1828, even before the conversion to Christianity of the Tongans, and practically all primary education was controlled by the Mission until 1882 when the government took over the educational system. In 1906, various missionary organizations again were allowed to establish schools."--Nations Encyclopaedia
*King Tupou I and Rev. Shirley Baker established Tonga College in 1882... as a place where the chiefs children and men of the nation be well matriculated, purposely to work for the government and for them to begin schools in various villages... wished his people to be well educated and for them to keep Tonga for Tongans. His Majesty named the college Tonga College, and gave its motto as 'Tonga maa Tonga,' or 'Tonga for Tongans.'--Latu, Paula Onoafe. (2011). Fakaongo and Tau'ataina .
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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