The Ministry of Education is a government agency of

Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ...

, headquartered in

Koror City Koror City (, ;''Koror'', World Book Advanced'','' World Book, Chicago) is the largest city and the commercial center in Palau, home to about half of the country's population, located on Oreor Island. During the interwar period it served as the c ...

. It operates the country's public schools.

Schools

Palau High School Palau High School (PHS) is a senior high school in Koror City, Palau. Opened in 1962, it is the country's only public high school, and the first high school established in Palau. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredits the ...

Koror Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island (also ''Oreor Island''). It is Palau’s most populous state. History In the oral tradition ...

is the country's only public high school.About
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. Retrieved on February 22, 2018. Elementary schools: * Aimeliik Elementary School -

Aimeliik Aimeliik is an administrative division of the island country of Palau. It is one of the Republic of Palau's 16 states. It has an area of 52 km² and a population of 334 (census 2015). State capital is the village of Mongami. Following the fo ...

- It was established in 1948. * Airai Elementary School -

Airai Airai, located on the southern coast of Babeldaob island, is the second-most populous state of Palau. It contains the country's chief airport, Roman Tmetuchl International Airport, and is connected by the Koror–Babeldaob Bridge to nearby Koro ...

- Opened circa September 1945, initially used the former Japanese Communications building. * Angaur Elementary School -

Angaur , or in Palauan, is an island and state in the island nation of Palau. History Angaur was traditionally divided among some eight clans. Traditional features within clan areas represent important symbols giving identity to families, clans an ...

- It was established in 1945. A new building in another location opened in 1953. It moved to the original site in 1966 in a new building but it later moved back to the second site. * George B. Harris Elementary School - Koror - Named after a member of the Land Registration Team of Palau, it was built in 1964 to relieve Koror Elementary. * Hatohobei Elementary School -

Hatohobei Tobi, or Hatohobei ( Tobian), is the southernmost of Palau's sixteen states, consisting of Tobi Island and Helen Reef. The total land area is about 0.88 km². The population was 25 in 2015. Tobian, English, and Sonsorolese are the offici ...

- It has one teacher and was established in 1962. * Ibobang Elementary School - Ibobang,

Ngatpang Ngatpang is one of Palau's sixteen states. It comprises an area of around 47 square kilometers in the west of Palau's largest island, Babeldaob, facing onto Ngeremeduu Bay. The state capital is Ngerdubech. It has a population of 282, making it ...

- Relieved Ngatpang Elementary School. * JFK Kayangel Elementary School -

Kayangel Kayangel (Ngcheangel) is the northernmost state of Palau north of Koror. The land area is about . The population is 54 (2015 census). History The state was colonized by Spain from the end of the 16th century until 1899 when the territory was s ...

- Built in 1965; initially students took classes in a bai. It relieved the schools in

Babeldaob Babeldaob (also Babelthuap) is the largest island in the island nation of the Republic of Palau. It is in the western Caroline Islands, and the second largest island (after Guam) in the Micronesia region of Oceania. Palau's capital, Ngerulmud, is ...

as Kayangel students previously attended those schools. * Koror Elementary School -

- It opened in 1945 after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The current building opened in 1969 as

Typhoon Sally The name Sally has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, and three in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Atlantic Ocean: * Hurricane Sally (2020) – made landfall in Alabama ...

destroyed the previous one. * Melkeok Elementary School -

Melekeok Melekeok is a state of the Republic of Palau located on the central east coast of Babeldaob Island. The seat of government of the country, Ngerulmud, is located in the state. The state consists of long beaches, hills, steep ridges, rivers, and t ...

- Uses a two-story building. * Meyuns Elementary School -

Meyuns Meyuns is the second most populous city in the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, with a population of approximately 1,000. Meyuns is comparable in population to Palau's third largest city, Airai. It is located in the State of Koror, where the n ...

, Koror State - It was built circa 1969 and expanded in 1973. It was established since Typhoon Sally destroyed Koror Elementary, where Meyuns students previously attended. The

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. History Spain initially claimed the islands that later composed the territory of the Trus ...

administration was previously uninterested in building a school in Melyuns. * Ngaraard Elementary School - Ngaraard - Established after World War II, circa 1947, using a school building opened during the Japanese

South Seas Mandate The South Seas Mandate, officially the Mandate for the German Possessions in the Pacific Ocean Lying North of the Equator, was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following Wo ...

rule. In addition to Ngaraard, it served Kayangel, Ngarchelong, and

Ngiwal Ngiwal is one of the sixteen states of Palau. It has a population of 282 (census 2015) and an area of 26 km2 On June 21, 2018, Japan ambassador Toshiyuki Yamada gave Japan's multipurpose center to Ngiwal. Geography Ngiwal is situated b ...

. * Ngarchelong Elementary School - Ngarchelong - Established in 1947, it moved to its current site in Bai ra Mengellang from the original site in the community bai of Yebong hamlet in 1953. Its current building opened in 1964. It served students from

Choll Chol (Choll) is a village at the northern end of Ngaraard State in Palau. This village consists of a large, long, beach that runs along its entire east coast. The village has a series of ancient paths and platforms, similar to the rest of the vill ...

. * Ngardmau Elementary School -

Ngardmau Ngardmau is one of Palau's sixteen states and is located on the west side of Babeldaob between the states of Ngaraard and Ngeremlengui. Geography The total area of Ngardmau is . At the time of the 2015 census, 185 people lived in the state. ...

- Opened in 1966 in a South Seas Mandate school building previously for Japanese students. * Ngeremlengui Elementary School -

Ngeremlengui Ngeremlengui (also spelled Ngaremlengui,) is one of Palau's sixteen states. It has a population of 350 (according to the 2015 census), and is just west of the capital in Melekeok state. Geography Ngeremlengui, located on the north-central west ...

- Opened in 1945, its permanent building was established around 1946. * Peleliu Elementary School -

Peleliu Peleliu (or Beliliou) is an island in the island nation of Palau. Peleliu, along with two small islands to its northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II. H ...

- Opened in 1946, and had its second building open in 1966, with the first still in use. * Pulo Anna Elementary School -

Pulo Anna Pulo may refer to: Places * Pulo, Cabuyao, a village in the Philippines * Pulo do Lobo, a waterfall in Portugal * Pulo Gadung, a subdistrict in Jakarta, Indonesia * Pulo Jehat, an island in Malaysia * Duri Pulo, Gambir, a village in Indonesia * ...

, Sonsorol State - Built in 1972, it has one classroom and one teacher * Sonsorol Elementary School - Sonsorol Island, Sonsorol State - Established in 1972, it has one classroom and one teacherSonsorol Elementary School
." Ministry of Education (Palau). Retrieved on February 22, 2018.

References

External links

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