The Education Minister, Loau Keneti Sio, said construction of the multi-dollar centre would start before the end of the year.
The old headquarters of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture at the state school compound in Malifa, a few minutes inland of Apia, have been demolished to make way for the centre.
The project is a gift from the Huizhou Municipal Government in Guandong Province through a city sisterhood agreement signed in 2015.
