Shrinking school roll

“When I viewed the Ministry of Education website concerning the Mitiaro School it amazed me to read that the pupil/student roll is 54, with about four teachers,” a smoke signaller writes. “When was this updated? When the population is still migrating I was surprised to read the student population maintains its figures when in fact the number has decreased dramatically to around 43; when the eight students who left the island return, if so, as they are in that count. And the number of teachers has increased to six, including the principal; this is amazing because the population is decreasing as well as the number of students. In my opinion the lower number of students and higher number of teachers required is so they can MoE during official hours. Would someone at the Ministry of Education check this out?”

“When I viewed the Ministry of Education website concerning the Mitiaro School it amazed me to read that the pupil/student roll is 54, with about four teachers,” a smoke signaller writes. “When was this updated? When the population is still migrating I was surprised to read the student population maintains its figures when in fact the number has decreased dramatically to around 43; when the eight students who left the island return, if so, as they are in that count. And the number of teachers has increased to six, including the principal; this is amazing because the population is decreasing as well as the number of students. In my opinion the lower number of students and higher number of teachers required is so they can MoE during official hours. Would someone at the Ministry of Education check this out?”