Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development

What Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development does

The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) is the statutory government ministry of Solomon Islands responsible for national education policy, curriculum development, national examinations, teacher registration, and coordination of ten Provincial Education Authorities and Church Education Authorities. Established under the Education Act 1978 and re-authorized by the Education Act 2023, MEHRD operates a nationwide network of 274 primary schools, 93 Community High Schools, Provincial Secondary Schools, Rural Training Centres, and Early Childhood Education centers across all nine provinces. The ministry is headquartered at Tongs Building, Point Cruz in Honiara, with a secondary office in Tulagi for the Central Islands Provincial Education Authority.

MEHRD's technology stack centers on SIEMIS (Solomon Islands Education Management Information System), a relational database for collecting, verifying, and disseminating education statistics across schools and education authorities, with Tableau dashboards surfacing access, quality, internal efficiency, and survival-rate metrics. The ICT4BE (ICT for Better Education) program, co-financed with the Asian Development Bank, deploys KioKit waterproof boxes containing 40 tablet computers and a local server for offline content distribution, while RapidPro SMS (with UNICEF) and UNESCO-supported toll-free shortcodes enable two-way communication with provincial education authorities. The Information Services Division maintains the SIEMIS database and Annual School Survey pipeline.

MEHRD is funded entirely through Solomon Islands Government budget allocations, receiving approximately $1.18 billion SBD in recurrent funding (36% of the SIG recurrent budget), $94 million in budget support, and $58 million in development funds. Budget allocation skews heavily toward tertiary education (55% of sector expenditure), with primary (17%), secondary (16%), administration (7%), ECE (3%), and TVET (1%) trailing behind. The ministry provides education services free of charge to students and disburses grants to Education Authorities, the Solomon Islands National University, and the University of the South Pacific. Core customers are Solomon Islands students and families, served through schools and EAs; strategic partners include ADB, ICTSU, UNESCO, UNICEF, SPC, and the PRC Government.

Name

Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development

Legal name

Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development

Website

https://mehrd.gov.sb

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MEHRD is the Solomon Islands Government ministry responsible for national education policy, curriculum, examinations, and teacher registration, operating a nationwide network of schools and Provincial Education Authorities funded through government budget allocations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Education Administration

NAICS

Administration of Education Programs (923110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

National/Federal Ministries & Departments of Education (EDADAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Education Department Administration (BPAIABAJ)

Keywords

• Public education services
• Education policy administration
• National curriculum development
• Teacher training programs
• National examination administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Honiara

HQ country

Solomon Islands

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: MEHRD is funded through Solomon Islands Government (SIG) recurrent and development budgets. The ministry receives recurrent budget allocation, budget support, and development funds for education programs and infrastructure.
2. Education Sector Expenditure: Budget data shows MEHRD manages expenditure across Admin (7%), ECE (3%), Primary (17%), Secondary (16%), TVET (1%), and Tertiary (55%) sectors totaling significant government investment in education.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MEHRD is the Solomon Islands Government ministry that formulates and implements national education policy, develops and distributes national curriculum, administers national examinations, and coordinates a decentralized network of Provincial Education Authorities, church schools, Rural Training Centres, and tertiary institutions. It also delivers teacher professional development, manages the Education Management Information System (SIEMIS), and administers scholarship programs including PRC Government scholarships for Solomon Islands students.

Product overview

MEHRD operates as a government ministry providing comprehensive education services across Solomon Islands rather than a commercial product company. The ministry offers a portfolio of interconnected educational services including: the ICT4BE e-learning platform and iResource Portal for digital learning; SIEMIS for education data management; and Tableau dashboards for analytics. Core administrative services include school services, national examination coordination (NEAD), curriculum development and distribution, teacher professional development, library services, and teaching service administration. Strategic support functions include education authority support, strategic planning, ICT management, asset management, finance, workforce management, and procurement. Provincial Education Authorities (Malaita, Central Islands, and others) operate as semi-autonomous bodies under MEHRD's coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICT4BE (ICT for Better Education) An e-learning initiative driving ICT use across Solomon Islands schools, encompassing KioKit waterproof tablet boxes, teacher development, and distance learning programs for students and teachers in resource-poor environments.
• iResource Portal Online portal providing digital educational resources for teachers and students in Solomon Islands.
• SIEMIS (Solomon Islands Education Management Information System) National database system managing education data collection, verification, analysis, and dissemination across schools, Education Authorities, and MEHRD divisions, decentralized to provincial levels.
• National Exams & Assessment (NEAD) National examination administration service implementing SISE, SIY9, SISC, and SINF6SC exams, plus School-Based Assessment programs, providing certification for student progression through the education system.
• Curriculum Development Division Develops learning and teaching materials, manages printing operations, and procures, stores, and distributes curriculum resources to schools across Solomon Islands.
• Teacher Professional Development Division Provides professional development courses, facilitates school-based training, coordinates distance education teacher training, and collaborates with teacher training institutions to improve teacher quality across Solomon Islands.
• National Library Division Provides access to reading materials, promotes literacy, operates public and mobile library services, and maintains a national collection of Solomon Islands resources.
• Teaching Service Division Administrative office for the Teaching Service and Teaching Service Commission; maintains teacher registers, issues registration certificates, monitors appointments, promotions, and salary payments.
• School Services Division responsible for designing policies, procedures, and administrative instructions for schools, supporting access and retention strategies, and managing school operations including calendars, holidays, and registration.
• PRC Government Scholarship Program Scholarship administration offering 20 full PRC Government-funded undergraduate, master's, and doctoral study opportunities for Solomon Islands students in China, managed by MEHRD's National Training Unit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Primary school Net Enrolment Rate improved to 77.1% (2019)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• People's Republic of China (PRC) GovernmentcoreOthers · 1 January 2022PRC Government provides 20 full scholarship opportunities for undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs for Solomon Islands students to study in China. Administered through MEHRD's National Training Unit.
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016ADB co-finances the ICT4BE (ICT for Better Education) project alongside MEHRD and ICTSU. The project drives ICT use to support management, administration, teaching and learning throughout the Education Sector, including tablet computing, teacher development, and Education Management Information Systems.
• ICTSU (ICT Services Unit)coreTechnology or IntegrationICTSU is the government ICT unit that collaborates with MEHRD on technology initiatives including the ICT4BE project, SIEMIS database management, and toll-free SMS communication services.
• UNESCOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO partnered with MEHRD to establish toll-free shortcode services on mobile network operators for education sector communications. UNESCO brings skills and experience in SMS use for data collection and information sharing.
• UNICEFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEF expanded the RapidPro SMS platform partnership with MEHRD for long-term two-way communication between provincial education authorities and central education administration.
• SPC (Secretariat of the Pacific Community)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSPC collaborates with MEHRD on education sector administration improvement and SIEMIS platform enhancement. Working with ICTSU and MEHRD on decentralized education management support.
• MoFT (Ministry of Finance and Treasury)coreOthersMoFT provides budget approval and controls MEHRD's financial operations. Liaised for procurement using donor funds and Competitive Tender processes. MEHRD coordinates ICT budget and manpower establishment with MoFT ICTSU.
• SINU (Solomon Islands National University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSINU receives tertiary education grants from MEHRD and collaborates on teacher training through School of Education. Partnership on distance and flexible learning pilot programs for untrained teachers using ICTs.
• USP (University of the South Pacific)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUSP receives grants from MEHRD for tertiary education. Partnership includes trial and evaluation of ICT-Enabled Distance and Flexible Learning as part of ICT4BE project.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture - Samoa: Samoa's education ministry is a like-for-like Polynesian peer with comparable national curriculum, examinations, teacher registration, and school grant administration — useful comparator on PTR/PCTR quality indicators and per-pupil spend.
• Ministry of Education - Kiribati: Kiribati's Ministry of Education runs a small island developing state system with the same donor mix and dispersed service delivery challenges; relevant peer for stress-testing ICT4BE-style interventions in very-low-bandwidth environments.
• Ministry of Education & Training - Tonga: Tonga's education ministry administers a parallel single-island system with similar reliance on donor funding (ADB, Australia, NZ), scholarship administration, and government schooling from primary through secondary — useful peer for benchmarking unit costs in a Pacific context.
• Department of Education - Papua New Guinea: PNG's national education department mirrors MEHRD's mandate across a similarly dispersed island geography, with parallel divisions for curriculum, examinations, teacher services, and EMIS — and shared challenges around teacher certification and rural access.
• Ministry of Education - Fiji: Fiji's national education ministry is the closest functional peer to MEHRD — both are Pacific Island sovereign ministries running ECE through tertiary, national examinations, and provincial/divisional school networks, with overlapping donor relationships (ADB, UNESCO, UNICEF, PRC).
• Ministry of Education - Vanuatu: Vanuatu's Ministry of Education and Training operates an analogous structure — national ministry plus provincial education authorities, TVET via rural centres, and curriculum/examination services — making it the most tightly comparable Melanesian peer.

Regional players

• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (Pacific Community): SPC works alongside MEHRD on SIEMIS enhancement and decentralised education management support — comparable as a regional body delivering education-related technical assistance across multiple Pacific ministries simultaneously.
• University of the South Pacific: USP receives tertiary grants from MEHRD and runs ICT-enabled distance learning pilots with Solomon Islands under ICT4BE — a regional tertiary operator whose curriculum reach and distance-learning model directly complement MEHRD's teacher training pathway.

Broad incumbents

• UNESCO Pacific: UNESCO's Apia office is a strategic partner of MEHRD (toll-free SMS, data for education) and serves as the broader-incumbent multilateral that convenes Pacific education systems — useful peer for understanding peer-review and quality benchmarking regimes.
• UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office: UNICEF is a core partner of MEHRD on RapidPro SMS and education-in-emergencies; as a regional incumbent, it shapes the donor-coordination architecture that MEHRD operates within and is a natural benchmark for programme design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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