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Preserving our
Indigineous Language
Overview
• The MESC Archives Unit
• Government Initiative
• MESC and Archives Initiative
• The Way Forward
Preserving our Samoan Language
“ If there is no language, there is no Culture ”.
(Aiono Dr Lefanaafi Tagaloa)
Ministry of Education- National Archives Division
• Commenced in 1996
• Merge 2003
• Public Records Act 2011
• Become a Division 2014
• Majority of Government records remain within the
Ministries
MESC Archives Rooms
Main work room & German records store
Archives Room
Samoan Language Public
Consultation
Government Initative
• All Official correspondence and submission to be in
Samoan
• Encourage the use of Samoan language for official
correspondence
• To establish the Samoa Language Commission.
• Established another Division within MESC in 2019
MESC Initiative
• Publications of Samoa Nei Galo (LEST WE FORGET) by the Culture Division
• Samoa Nei Galo (Lest we Forget Culture Division
• Monolingual Dictionary(Culture and Samoa Language Commission)
Literacy Week(Curriculum Division)
Compulsory teaching for year 1 -3 in
Samoan
Samoa Reading Sessions
WAY FORWARD FOR
GOVERNMENT THROUGH
ARCHIVES
• Build Capacity in the use of
• Digitization
• Audio Visual Unit
• Strenghen collaboration with other Island countries
in sharing Ideas and informations
• Resilience, determination & hope
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