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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