Language and Education
The language of Nauru, Nauri, is a Micronesian language. English is understood and spoken widely.
Education is compulsory from 6 to 16, in all the schools on the island. The University of the South Pacific has a center in Nauru located in the Aiwo District and offers pre-school teacher education, nutrition and disability studies and will offer the Community Workers Certificate. The campus offers Audio and video conferencing facilities, library and computer laboratory as well as internet and email access via USPNet are available for students. For secondary and university education, most Nauruans' children must go abroad. During its prosperous years these children were sent to Australia but now were sent to Fiji.
The official national holiday is the independence day on 31 January, but Angam Day is considered as an additional national holiday.
The Nauruan words of the national anthem were written by Margaret Hendrie and adopted in 1968 upon the Republic of Nauru's independence.
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