Vaipouli College is a secondary

Secondary education

Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...

 school on Savai'i

Savai'i

Savaii is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is also the biggest landmass in Polynesia outside Hawaii and New Zealand. The island of Savai'i is also referred to by Samoans as Salafai, a classical Samoan term used in oratory and prose...

 island in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. The college is co-educational, open to male and female students from Year 9 - 13. The college is also known as Salafai College, in reference to Salafai, another name for the island of Savai'i.

Vaipouli College was originally founded in 1922 as an agricultural college for boys during the colonial administration of the country by New Zealand

New Zealand

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The college is situated in Matautu

Matautu

Matautu is the name of different villages in Samoa. Places named Matautu are found on the two largest islands, Upolu and Savai'i.-Matautu, Upolu Island:On Upolu island;...

, 10-minutes inland from Avao

Avao

Avao is a village on the north central coast of Savai'i island in Samoa.The village is part of the electoral constituency Gaga'emauga III, which is included in the larger political district of Gaga'emauga....

 village in Gaga'emauga

Gaga'emauga

Gaga'emauga is an electoral district on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. The district is situated on the central north side of Savai'i. The name Gaga'emauga literally means: “near side of the mountain” meaning the eastern side of the mountain chain running through the centre of ...

 district on the island's central north coast. The scenic drive to the college passes Itu o Tane Secondary School, plantations and Vaipouli Waterfall and river, the main source of water for the people of Matautu.

Vaipouli College is one of 9 public secondary schools on the island.

School calendar

School Terms	Dates	Duration
Term 1	1 February - 15 May	(15 weeks)
Term 2	7 June - 3 September	(13 weeks)
Term 3	20 September - 10 December	(12 weeks)

2010 School holidays;

• 15 May - 6 June
• 4 - 19 September
• 11 December - 30 January