Proof of vaccination required before children are enrolled in Samoan pre-schools.

The Ministry of Education in Samoa has called on all primary schools to ensure that children have proof of vaccination before they get enrolled in pre-school classes.

Tamaiti Samoa i le matafaga. Source: SBS/Samoan Program

This is the first year that pre-school classes are attached to primary schools and are no longer run as separate entities. The requirement for proof of immunization comes after a measles epidemic struck Independent Samoa last year killing more than 80 people.