Education
Araura College is the only secondary school on Aitutaki. The school has the role of teaching approximately 200 students.
The island has three government schools and one church school: Amuri School, Araura Primary, Vaitau Primary School and Seventh Day Adventist School. There is also a private special character school which is the designated Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) school. Araura Primary is the larger of the primary school catering for the mostly populated part of the island and Vaitau Primary caters mostly for the Vaipae and Tautu villages. Amuri School caters for Amuri and Ureia villages. SDA Schol caters for the Seventh Day Adventist children on the island.
All schools follow the New Zealand Curriculum framework as most of the young people will eventually migrate to New Zealand to study at University or Polytechnics.
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