Training programs currently offered include Automotive, Engineering, and Cookery, with pathways designed to improve senior secondary completion rates and employment opportunities.

These situations are often less about those involved “behaving badly” and more about emotions running high. This goes for kids and adults.

The study, led by Monash University and published in the journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, was based on interviews with the mothers of 545 three- and four-year-olds.

The initiative has received backing from Australia’s Group of Eight universities, which support deeper engagement with international research networks.

The AEU is seeking a 35 per cent pay rise over four years, along with smaller class sizes and stronger mental health and classroom support.

Prof. Prasad described Koya’s stance as “not only insulting but a clear attempt to degrade the formal language of Indo-Fijians.”

The programme is expected to begin with disciplines including physics, chemistry, biotechnology and data science.

As a parent of primary school kids, I recently went to my child’s carnival to show my support.

The collaboration is part of a broader effort to enhance academic mobility and strengthen educational ties between Australia and India.

“Fiji’s strength lies in its diversity,” he said, pointing to the country’s multiethnic population, including iTaukei, Rotumans, Indo-Fijians, Banabans, Chinese, Pacific Islanders, and other residents.