Nauru Secondary School

Nauru Secondary School (abbreviated as NSS) is an upper public secondary school in the Yaren District, Nauru, located in the Nauru Learning Village, along with the University of the South Pacific Nauru Campus and the Nauru Technical & Vocational Education Training Centre."USP opens new Nauru Campus ." University of the South Pacific. Retrieved on June 5, 2018.

The school served years 10–12 and had the final stages of secondary education in Nauru.Document by the ." OHCHR. Retrieved on 8 July 2018. "[...]and finally Nauru Secondary School (Years 10–12) where compulsory education end at Year 12." it served years 8 through 12.Brandjes, Denis (preparer). "Page 1 The Commonwealth of Learning School Networking in the Pacific Island States An Environmental Scan and Plan for the Establishment of Schoolnets for the Pacific Island States." April 2002. p. 49 (PDF p. 51). It uses the curriculum of Queensland, Australia."Teachers for Nauru ." Queensland Government. Retrieved on July 5, 2018.

In the 1950s it served grades 4 and 5, and a new building opened in 1954. Reuben Kun, who wrote an article about Nauru's university system, stated that in that period there was an unanticipated increase in the number of students at the school.Kun, Reuben. "Nauru." In: Crocombe, R. G. and Malama Meleisea (editors). Pacific Universities: Achievements, Problems, Prospects. Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 1988. , 9789820200395. p. 309. The school had classes teaching Nauruan circa the 1960s and 1970s.Barker, Xavier. "English Language as Bully in the Republic of Nauru." In: Rapatahana, Vaughan and Pauline Bunce (editors). English Language as Hydra: Its Impacts on Non-English Language Cultures (Volume 9 of Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights). Multilingual Matters, June 22, 2012. , 9781847697509. Start: p. 18. CITED: p. 28. In 2013 it became a Queensland Recognised School.

Nauru Secondary has a library.Book Provision in the Pacific Islands. UNESCO Pacific States Office, 1999. , 9789820201552. p. 33.

See also

Education in Nauru

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