Education is about partnership, says Fiji National University acting vice-chancellor Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba.

She said no one could work alone in addressing challenges the sector faced.

“The problems of our time are multi-sectoral and multi-faceted,” said Prof Nabobo-Baba.

“It will demand of us a very multi-pronged approach with partners coming onboard to work together to address transforming the education system.

“These include the community, the parents, the teachers, faith-based groups, the curriculum writers and the children who are very often not heard.

“So this is how we at FNU hope to contribute with the other training tertiary institutions.”

Prof Nabobo-Baba said one of the changes that FNU would be carrying out was revising its strategic plan to align with the Ministry of Education’s strategy for the next 10 years.

“Our strategic plan is from 2021 to 2026, but the revised plan from 2023, we will revise the plan to include what has been discussed at the summit.

“We will need to go back and change our strategic plan so that it is informed by the developments that were decided at the meeting in 2023 that were not there in 2021.

“So, as a lead at FNU right now, our strategic plan is being revised for 2024 to 2026 and we will then dovetail our plan to the ministry.

“It is our duty to do this as the national university of Fiji to align ourselves with the Government’s plans.”

Prof Nabobo-Baba added the National Education Summit was a good avenue to identify certain areas within the education sector that needed the attention of every stakeholder, including tertiary institutions.