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Kerevat National High School, also known as the Kerevat School of Excellence, is a government high school in the East New Britain Province of
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
(PNG) that takes admissions from throughout PNG for Grades 11 and 12. It was founded in 1947.


Description

The school is located on the
Gazelle Peninsula The Gazelle Peninsula is a large peninsula in northeastern East New Britain, Papua New Guinea located on the island of New Britain within the Bismarck Archipelago, situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The Rabaul caldera is located on t ...
in East New Britain. It was the first high school in the
Territory of New Guinea The Territory of New Guinea was an Australian-administered League of Nations and then United Nations trust territory on the island of New Guinea from 1914 until 1975. In 1949, the Territory and the Territory of Papua were established in an adm ...
, beginning life as an institute for the training of teachers. It is a boarding school and has a student population of up to 800 and a teaching staff of about 50. About 50–60% of its students come from the
Islands Region The New Guinea Islands Region is one of four regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG), comprising the Bismarck Archipelago and north-western Solomon Islands Archipelago, located north-east of New Guinea island (the mainland). This is the least populo ...
of the country, with the rest from the mainland provinces. The school offers the following subjects: language and literature; applied English; general and advanced mathematics; chemistry; biology; physics; applied science; geology; economics; accounting; business studies; legal studies; history; geography; and information and communication technology (ICT).


Controversy

In 2011 the school suffered temporary closure for a variety of reasons, including alleged cult activities and satanic worship, fights and other social problems, and deteriorating school facilities, together with allegations of misuse of funds for their rehabilitation, with particular allegations being made about the businessman, Eremas Wartoto. In January 2022, local landowners briefly closed down the school. They were protesting that the land for the school had been taken illegally in 1947, without compensation and that since that time the school had taken water without payment. Although the school reopened, the issue of compensation remained unresolved.


Former students

*
Bernard Narokobi Bernard Mullu Narokobi OBE (1943 – March 2010) was a Papua New Guinean politician, jurist, and philosopher. He was serving as the Papua New Guinean High Commissioner to New Zealand prior to his death. Between 1987 and 1997 he represented hi ...
, politician, author and diplomat * Cherubim Dambui, politician and Roman Catholic bishop * Robert Atiyafa, member of parliament, government minister and former premier of
Eastern Highlands Province Eastern Highlands is a highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital is Goroka. The province covers an area of 11,157 km2, and has a population of 579,825 (2011 census). The province shares a common administrative boundary w ...
* Catherine Davani, judge of the
Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea has been the highest court of Papua New Guinea since 16 September 1975, replacing the pre-Independence Supreme Court (corresponding to the post-Independence National Court) and the overseas appellate tribunal ...
* Rona Nadile, anti-corruption whistleblower


References


Further reading

Short, Barbara. 2009. ''Tuum Est: The Early History of Keravat National High School and Its Students 1947-1986''. ISBN 978-0646514031 {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1947 National high schools in Papua New Guinea East New Britain Province