Nauru Secondary School (abbreviated as NSS) is an upper
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secondary school in the
Yaren District
Yaren (in earlier times Makwa/Moqua) is a district of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the ''de facto'' capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency.[Nauru
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, located in the Nauru Learning Village, along with the
University of the South Pacific
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Nauru Campus and the Nauru Technical & Vocational Education Training Centre.
The school served years 10-12 and had the final stages of secondary education in Nauru. it served years 8 through 12. It uses the curriculum of
Queensland
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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. The school had classes teaching
Nauruan circa the 1960s and 1970s. In 2013 it became a Queensland Recognised School.
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Nauru Secondary has a library.][''Book Provision in the Pacific Islands''. ]UNESCO
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See also
* Education in Nauru
Education in Nauru is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 16. There are eleven schools in Nauru, including three primary schools and two secondary schools (Nauru College and Nauru Secondary School). There is an Able/Disable Centre f ...
References
High schools and secondary schools in Oceania
Education in Nauru
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