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Definition: Secondary Education |
Secondary EducationNoun1. Education beyond the elementary grades provided by a high school or college preparatory school. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Education | This level of education typically begins at the end of full-time compulsory education for those countries that have a system of compulsory education. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Secondary education, or secondary school, is a period of education which follows directly after primary education (such as middle school), and which may be followed by tertiary education. The purpose of a secondary education can be to prepare for either higher education or vocational training. The exact boundary between primary and secondary education varies from country to country and even within them, but is generally around the seventh to the tenth year of education, with middle school covering any gaps. Secondary education occurs mainly during the teenage years. Primary and secondary education together are sometimes referred to as "K-12" education, especially in the United States.
Nature of secondary education in different nations
Secondary education is referred to by various different names in different countries, including high school in the United States and Australia, gymnasium in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia, or middle school in the Netherlands. See also
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Synonyms: Secondary EducationSynonyms: Education, Secondary, High schools, Junior high schools, Middle schools, Preparatory schools, Secondary schools. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Teaching | Elementary education, primary education, secondary education, technical education, college education, collegiate education, military education, university education, liberal education, classical education, religious education, denominational education, moral education, secular education; propaedeutics, moral tuition. |
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Crosswords: Secondary Education |
| English words defined with "secondary education": Piarist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "secondary education": IPEDS ♦ Land grant colleges of agriculture. (references) |
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Children | Gambia | Opportunities for secondary education are more limited. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Primary and secondary education is both free and universal. (references) | |
Kyrgyz Republic | The Law on Education requires that secondary education be free and universal. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Nigeria | In 1999 President Obasanjo approved the establishment of four new private universities, but the quality of secondary education remained poor. (references) |
Nepal | Missionary schools are among the most respected institutions of secondary education in the country; many of the country's governing, business, and military elites graduated from Jesuit high schools. (references) | |
Economic History | Cyprus | Cyprus has a well-developed system of primary and secondary education. (references) |
Human Rights | Panama | This system has serious shortcomings: defendants lack adequate procedural safeguards; administrative judges outside of Panama City are usually not attorneys; many have not completed secondary education; and some are corrupt. (references) |
Minorities | Czech Republic | Many Roma are qualified only for low-paying jobs as manual laborers since very few complete secondary education. (references) |
Macedonia | The number of ethnic minority students who receive secondary education in their native languages continued to increase; it was approximately 15 percent in 1999. At the university level, ethnic minorities remained underrepresented, although there has been progress in increasing the number of minority students. (references) | |
Women | Belarus | Of employees with higher or specialized secondary education between two-thirds and three-fourths (mostly women) live beneath the official poverty level. (references) |
Belarus | Women make up approximately 58 percent of workers with a higher education and approximately 66 percent of workers with a specialized secondary education. (references) | |
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Expression using "secondary education": upper secondary education. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "secondary education"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مرحلة التعيم الثانوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | středoškolské vzdìlání. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sekundaerundervisning (teaching at secondary level), ungdomsuddannelser (upper secondary education), undervisning paa sekundaertrinnet (teaching at secondary level), undervisning i overbygningen (teaching at secondary level), hoejere uddannelse, gymnasial undervisning (upper secondary education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | secundair onderwijs (teaching at secondary level, upper secondary education), voortgezet onderwijs, v o, middelbaar onderwijs (teaching at secondary level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylemmän perusasteen ja keskiasteen koulutus (upper secondary education), keskiasteen koulutus (upper secondary education). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | humanités, enseignement secondaire (teaching at secondary level, upper secondary education), deuxième cycle de l'enseignement secondaire (upper secondary education), éducation secondaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sekundarunterricht (upper secondary education), Unterricht an der Hoeheren Schule (teaching at secondary level), Oberschule (grammar school, high school, secondary school, upper school), höhere Schule (grammar school, modern grammar school, secondary school). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διδασκαλία στη δευτεροβάθμια εκπαίδευση (teaching at secondary level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | istruzione secondaria di secondo grado (upper secondary education), insegnamento secondario, insegnamento del ciclo medio (teaching at secondary level). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 中等教育 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ちゅうとうきょういく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | mean ynsagh, mean edjaghys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | econdarysay educationay educação secundária. (various references) среднее образование. (various references) segundo ciclo de enseñanza secundaria (upper secondary education), enseñanza media. (various references) påbyggnadsundervisning, högre undervisning, gymnasieutbildning. (various references) orta öğretim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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