Means of instruction, equipment and infrastructure

The Ministry of Education strives to facilitate the education system in the country by providing a number of educational facilities and support services. With the establishment of the Co-Curriculum Department and the Special Education Unit, Brunei Darussalam introduced its first school feeding scheme as early as the 1940s.

With the purpose of accommodating pupils from rural areas who studied at schools in Badar Seri Begawan (then Brunei town), the first hostel was built in 1954. The number of hostels grew in order to cope with an increasing number of pupils who required accommodation. In the mid-1980s, some of the hostels were closed due to the declining demand for this type of service. This was mainly due to improvements in the road and transport system and the establishment of more schools in rural areas. Transport is also provided for students living in areas more than eight kilometres from their schools.

Another educational infrastructure is the Educational Resource Library. This is to provide a variety of library services for the purpose of research as well as reference and planning of teaching and learning strategies for officers, teachers and students.

Textbooks, supplementary and reference books for government schools are supplied and financed by the government, while private schools obtain their supplies from local bookshops. Realizing the need to keep up with the pace of technology, the Ministry of Education is making efforts to familiarize students with computers. Computer courses are offered in government secondary schools and are assessed in examinations.

Enrolments in continuing education (1998)