Its intention is to merge all government tertiary institutions in Tongatapu into one national entity known as the Tonga National University.
If the Act comes into force, six government owned tertiary institutions will merge into one entity known as the Tonga National University.
The institutions currently exist as the Tonga Institute of Higher Education (TIOE), Tonga Institute for Higher Education (TIHE), Tonga Institute of Science and Technology (TIST), Tonga Maritime Polytechnic Institute (TMPI), Queen Salote School of Nursing an Allied Health and Tonga Police College.
