Sogeri National High School | |
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Coordinates | 9°25′04″S 147°25′30″E / 9.4177°S 147.425°E |
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Religious affiliation(s) | None |
Established | 1944 |
Gender | Coeducational 11th and 12th grades |
Enrolment | 700 |
Sogeri National High School is a school situated in Sogeri in the Central Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It was the country's first national high school and it educates students from all over the country in Forms 5 and 6 (Grades 11 and 12), prior to their going on to tertiary education. Many of PNG's leading politicians, administrators, business people and academics have been educated at the school. It was described by the country's first prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, himself a former pupil, as "the school that shaped the nation".