Tuvalu is a small state of the Commonwealth and is composed of nine small coral islands scattered in a chain lying approximately northwest to southeast over some 420 miles (676 km). It has a population of just over 11,300 (World Bank, 2022)
COL’s current work in Tuvalu is in the areas of skills for work and tertiary education through the Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) network and benefits from programmes offered by COL’s regional centre, the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development. Learners from Tuvalu are also participating in COL’s free online courses and benefitting from other openly available resources.