Vaipouli College is a
secondary school on
Savai'i island in
Samoa
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.
The college is
co-educational
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, open to male and female students from Year 9 - 13. The college is also known as Salafai College, in reference to Salafai, another name for the island of Savai'i.
Vaipouli College was founded in 1922 as an agricultural college for boys during the colonial administration of the country by
New Zealand
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.
The college is situated in
Matautu
Matautu is the name of different villages in Samoa. Places named Matautu are found on the two largest islands, Upolu and Savaiʻi.
Matautu, Upolu Island
On Upolu island;
*Matautu, a village located on the central north coast of the island to t ...
, 10-minutes inland from
Avao
Avao is a village on the north central coast of Savai'i island in Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. ...
village in
Gaga'emauga district on the island's central north coast. The scenic drive to the college passes
Itu o Tane Secondary School, plantations and Vaipouli Waterfall and river, the main source of water for the people of Matautu.
Vaipouli College is one of nine public secondary schools on the island.
School calendar
2010 School holidays;
*15 May - 6 June
*4–19 September
*11 December - 30 January
See also
*
List of schools in Savai'i
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References
Schools in Samoa
Gaga'emauga
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