The Cook Islands Education Master Plan (2008-2023) [Learning for Life] provides the strategic direction for education across four key focus areas:
- Taku Ipukarea Kia Rangatira [focus in strengthen Maori language, culture, perspectives aspiration and will provide a firm foundation for engagement with the wider world];
- Learning and Teaching [aims at equitable access to quality learning and the experience of success through a range of programmes that meet individual needs and celebrate individual talents];
- Learning and the Community [goals at a high level of community involvement in determining quality educational outcomes] and
- Infrastructure and Support [objective is the provision of appropriate legislation, research, guideline and standard which support and enhance opportunities for learning] (Master Plan 2008-2013).