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| Name | Schools on Ranongga Island, Solomon Islands |
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| Description | Schools on Ranongga Island, Solomon Islands. Includes language schools. |
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| Contributor | Debra McDougall |
| Entries | 20 |
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| Added to System | 2026-01-02 12:27:49 |
| Updated in System | 2026-01-02 12:49:24 |
| Subject | Schools |
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| Creator | Debra McDougall |
| Publisher | The University of Melbourne |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.26188/30854639 |
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Subject: School
Description: Primary School
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-30
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: EN; PIS
Type: Primary School
Subject: School Description: Primary School Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne. Date: 2025-11-06 Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Language: EN; PIS Type: Primary School
Subject: School Description: Junior and Senior Secondary School Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne. Date: 2025-11-30 Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Language: EN; PIS Type: Secondary School
Subject: School
Description: Established in 2024 by Nathan Manoah, this community-run school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute.
Source: Personal visit.
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-06
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Subject: School Description: Established in 2024 by Dr Alpheaus Zobule and his family, this privately-run school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute. Source: Personal visit. Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne. Date: 2025-11-06
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Established in 2024 by Nathan Manoah, this informal community school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute.
Source: Personal visit.
Date: 2025-11-06
Language: LGA
Subject: School Description: Established in 2024, this community-run school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute. Source: Personal visit Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-06
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Subject: School Description: Primary School. Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne. Date: 2025-11-06 Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Language: EN; PIS
Type: Primary School
Subject: School Description: Established in 2024 by Nathan Manoah, this informal community school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute.
Source: Personal visit.
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-30
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Subject: School Description: Established in 2024 by Nathan Manoah, this informal community school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, the first language of most children of the community. Known in Luqa as "sikulu paranga" (language school). Teachers were trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute.
Source: Personal visit.
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-30
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Subject: School Description: Primary School Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne. Date: 2025-11-30
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: EN; PIS
Type: Primary School
Subject: School Description: Established in 2023 by Kitty Niubiri (herself from Makira), this privately-run school teaches literacy and numeracy in Luqa language, which is understood by most children of the Kubokota-speaking community. Kitty was trained and curriculum developed by the Kulu Language Institute.
Source: Personal visit.
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-06
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA
Subject: School
Description: The Kulu Language Institute grew out of the Luqa New Testament translation project (late 1990s). The Qiloe campus was established in 2011. Founder and director is Dr Alpheaus G Zobule. https://kululanguage.com/
Source: McDougall, Debra, and Alpheaus G Zobule. 2021. “‘All Read Well’: Schooling on Solid Ground in a Solomon Islands Language Movement.” The Contemporary Pacific 33 (2): 410–39. https://doi.org/10.1353/cp.2021.0037.
Publisher: Debra McDougall, The University of Melbourne.
Date: 2025-11-06 Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language: LGA, GHN
Type: Vernacular