governed with diverse and contesting ways of understanding, filled with contradictions, categorization, labelling and marginalisation. Hence, these ways of knowing problematizes TLA and its pupils in a normative ways. It situates them outside the 'normal' 'Anga FakaTonga' (Tongan ways) mainly because their distinctive behaviours are perceived as falling outside the 'Anga FakaTonga' awareness of acceptable behaviour and attitude. It is, therefore, position Leitis as 'children of the devil'. The TLA and its pupils are variously described as being at-risk, vulnerable, stigmatised and lacking agency. Results Moreover, their lives are equated with having a 'lack of hope and mobility' so they are seen as being on a pathway that leads to 'poverty' and isolation from normative model and space in Tongan society. We recognised that through positioning outside the 'normal Anga FakaTonga', there is a tendency to perceive TLA and its pupils in a simplistic way and thus treat them as a marginal community. Conclusion However, it must be acknowledged that this tendency to stereotype TLA and its pupils displays a lack of awareness for their:

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