The community of Mulivai Safata hosted the Government and development partners at the official opening of their new Primary School on Friday.
In partnership with the Government of Samoa and funded under the Australian Government's Cyclone Recovery Project, the new school was built at a cost of 1.4 million tala.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi delivered the opening address and thank you to the Australian Government, the School Committee and Community of Mulivai, Safata.
"I wish to convey our Government's gratitude to our development partners and through the Australian High Commissioner, I wish to say thank you to the people and Government of Australia for your continuing support of our development plans.
"When I heard this school had a roll of 60 students, I thought it should have been closed as Government regulations state that there should be at least 240 students to keep a school viable.
"But I thank the Minister (of Education) for keeping this school open and listening to the needs of the community because I understand that the roll is already beginning to grow again."
Education Minister, Magele Mauiliu Magele, spoke briefly of UNESCO's global literacy goals for all children, and said that Samoa has been working towards this for many years now.
"UNESCO have set the year 2030 as the goal year for every child in the world to have access to education and be literate.
"Our Government has long prioritised the education and development of our children so we are already working ahead."
Australian High Commissioner Sue Langford said Australia is proud to be a development partner to Samoa.
"Through our partnership we've provided 13 million tala to the cyclone recovery programme and around 9.5 million of this was specifically allocated to rebuild schools, and to rebuild them with high quality materials so they can withstand future cyclones."
Langford said she was pleased that the new school now provides a safer learning and teaching environment for all children, including those with disability.
The new school, built by Schwarz Construction, took six months to complete and currently has a roll of 86 students.