Education in the Solomon Islands

Education in the Solomon Islands is not compulsory and only 60 per cent of school-age children have access to primary education

Сlimate of the Solomon Islands

The islands' ocean-equatorial climate is extremely humid throughout the year, with a mean temperature of 26.5 °C (79.7 °F) and few extremes of temperature or weather. June through August is the cooler period. Though seasons are not pronounced, the northwesterly winds of November through April bring more frequent rainfall and occasional squalls or cyclones. The annual rainfall is about 3,050 millimetres (120 in).