Motufoua Secondary School

Motufoua Secondary School is boarding school for boys and girls on Vaitupu atoll. As Tuvalu consists of 9 atolls the students reside on Vaitupu during the school year and return to their home islands during the school vacations. Vaitupu received worldwide attention in March 2000, when a fire in a dormitory at the Motufoua school killed 18 girls and an adult supervisor. It was later discovered that the fire was caused by a student using a candle to read during the night.