After taking the school under its wing in the 1970s, the Government's proposed delivery of maximal higher education 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 high school in Fiji.
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.
[citation needed] 2013 witnessed the re-establishment of Form 3 education at Labasa College for the first time in almost 35 years.
'The Labasan' is the official annual publication for Labasa College as it sums up the contrasting involvements of the school in retro.