Labasa College is a state secondary school for Forms 3 to 7 in Labasa, Fiji. It has a roll of more than 780 students as of January 2023, including a collection of boarding students from across the Northern Division of Fiji.

History

Labasa College was established as Labasa Secondary School (LSS) in 1954 and was known as that until 1978 when the name “Labasa College” was incepted. In its over five-decade history, the

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was abbreviated to 'College' for most citizens of Northern Fiji. After taking the school under its wing in the 1970s, the Government's proposed delivery of maximal

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to the students of the Northern Division, the education delivery system at Labasa College was streamlined to only cater for Forms 5 to 7. This in turn resulted in Labasa College being home to the largest stream of Form 7 students for any

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in Fiji. Although the provision of

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was one of the key factors for the establishment of Labasa Secondary School in the early 1950s, its importance has gradually diminished as far as the

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is concerned. Its struggle to make ground once again has seen tremendous challenges as changing lifestyles and thought patterns of parents and students in the Northern Division have inevitably prioritized academic prowess above anything. 2013 witnessed the re-establishment of Form 3 education at Labasa College for the first time in almost 35 years. The

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of the current class into Form 4 in 2014 will once again revamp Labasa College to a full Form 3 to 7 secondary school.

Annual publication

'The Labasan' is the official annual publication for Labasa College as it sums up the contrasting involvements of the school in retro.

Notable alumni

* H.E. Amraiya Naidu – Former High Commissioner of Fiji to

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* Brij Lal – Professor of Pacific and Asian History,

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* Biman Prasad – Professor of Economics,

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– first Fiji Indian to be appointed to the District Court in New Zealand * Anjala Wati – High Court and

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Judge of Fiji (2009–present) * Ravinesh Deo – Professor of Mathematics (since 2020) at

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and Highly Cited Researcher by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™ (world’s scientists and social scientists, are one in 1,000) * Raveen Prakash Jaduram – Chief Executive,

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References

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