Institutions of Higher Education
College of Micronesia, Yap Campus
Ms. Lourdes F. Roboman, Director
P. O. Box 286
Colonia, Yap FM 96943
Phone: (691) 350-2296
Fax: (691) 350-5150
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.comfsm.fm/yap/
The Yap State Campus provides higher education, programs, and services to assist Yap’s growing economy and developing community. Teacher Preparation degrees and Certificates of Achievement are offered by this institute.
“Yap State Campus serves about 200 students each semester with more than 50% of the student population coming from the neighboring islands of the State. The campus is situated on a 2 acre site adjacent to Yap High School. It is also the site of the German Towers or Communication Station ruins that linked Yap to Guam and Shanghai during the early 1900's. The campus has 5 buildings consisting of classrooms, computer labs, science lab, vocational education shops, LRC, offices, and a research lab. Two (2) additional buildings (Student Center & Classroom Bldg.) are under construction and are expected to be completed in August this year.”
Colleges provide the knowledge critical for safe and sustainable development in key leadership positions. Their faculty and alumni will hold great prominence in Yap’s future ecological status.
Yap State Department of Education
Acting Director of Education
P.O. Box 212
Colonia, Yap FM 96943
Phone: (691) 350-2150
Fax: (691) 350-2399
“The duties and functions of the Education Board as prescribed by law is to form policies to advance the development and improvement of the educational system in the State of Yap this includes developing standards for education, prescribing requirements for establishment of private schools and granting of charters for non-public schools, to prescribe procedures and requirements for the establishment of school boards for each school in Yap, to develop school calendars, to advise the Governor on the formulation of policies for the education system, to review and approve the education department’s budget, to establish guidelines for basic financial support for each public school and other duties as may be assigned by the Governor or by law.”
Public education is the best method of communicating the state of the environment as well as the many individual and social practices that will conserve natural resources and thus preserve the fragile biodiversity on the island of Yap. Their efforts into promoting sustainable development will be paramount to the future of Yap.
College of Micronesia, Yap Campus
Ms. Lourdes F. Roboman, Director
P. O. Box 286
Colonia, Yap FM 96943
Phone: (691) 350-2296
Fax: (691) 350-5150
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.comfsm.fm/yap/
The Yap State Campus provides higher education, programs, and services to assist Yap’s growing economy and developing community. Teacher Preparation degrees and Certificates of Achievement are offered by this institute.
“Yap State Campus serves about 200 students each semester with more than 50% of the student population coming from the neighboring islands of the State. The campus is situated on a 2 acre site adjacent to Yap High School. It is also the site of the German Towers or Communication Station ruins that linked Yap to Guam and Shanghai during the early 1900's. The campus has 5 buildings consisting of classrooms, computer labs, science lab, vocational education shops, LRC, offices, and a research lab. Two (2) additional buildings (Student Center & Classroom Bldg.) are under construction and are expected to be completed in August this year.”
Colleges provide the knowledge critical for safe and sustainable development in key leadership positions. Their faculty and alumni will hold great prominence in Yap’s future ecological status.
Yap State Department of Education
Acting Director of Education
P.O. Box 212
Colonia, Yap FM 96943
Phone: (691) 350-2150
Fax: (691) 350-2399
“The duties and functions of the Education Board as prescribed by law is to form policies to advance the development and improvement of the educational system in the State of Yap this includes developing standards for education, prescribing requirements for establishment of private schools and granting of charters for non-public schools, to prescribe procedures and requirements for the establishment of school boards for each school in Yap, to develop school calendars, to advise the Governor on the formulation of policies for the education system, to review and approve the education department’s budget, to establish guidelines for basic financial support for each public school and other duties as may be assigned by the Governor or by law.”
Public education is the best method of communicating the state of the environment as well as the many individual and social practices that will conserve natural resources and thus preserve the fragile biodiversity on the island of Yap. Their efforts into promoting sustainable development will be paramount to the future of Yap.