142 new additional primary school teachers will be recruited next year while there will be 206 new additional secondary school teachers.
This is to improve the student to teacher ratio in the schools.
The free school program will be extended to accredited preschools from the second term of next year.
This is only for students who are one year away from attending primary schools.
Free 250ml of milk will be provided to all Year 1 students daily.
$3.6 million has been allocated for this initiative.
Education has received a record budget of $556 million in 2015.
Finance Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said enrolment in schools has increased by 3 percent and daily attendance has also increased this after the fee free education initiative which started this year.
Free bus fare and other forms of subsidies for students will also continue next year.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said the government will look at increased funding to the disadvantaged and rural schools and also look at school construction and upgrades.
A new secondary school will be constructed in Ono-i-Lau and Sigatoka Methodist College will be relocated to Kulukulu.
The government will also set up three fully fledged technical colleges, one in the Suva Nausori corridor, one in Nadi and one in Labasa.
$7 million has been allocated for the setting up of the technical colleges.
A total of 10 technical colleges are expected to be set up in the country.
The Tertiary Loan Scheme will continue next year and a total amount of $52.5 million has been allocated for that initiative.
There is also an increased allocation of $12 million for those attending the technical colleges and wanting to get tertiary loans.
For tertiary institutions, USP has been allocated grant of $36.6 million next year, FNU $38.6 million, $4 million Capital Grant allocated for the new Labasa FNU campus, while University of Fiji will get $2.5 million.
The one laptop child per program will now be called the one learning device per child program and it has been allocated a total amount of $800,000 for 2015.
The Ministry of Education budget has a $30 million increase in their budget for next year.
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