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of PNG. It was converted to being a national high school in the late 1960s and its boarders come from all over the country. The aim of having such national schools was to develop a concept of national unity in a culturally diverse society. In 1984 and 1985, students from the 1984 intake were the
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boarders as the male dormitories had yet to be rebuilt. However, the school slowly regained its fortunes and by 2020 it had become the best-performing national school, as measured by exam results. Almost all of the students go on to university and other tertiary educational institutions.
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