secondary education
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈsɛkəndɛri ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən/
:
educación secundaria
- Mathematics is a fundamental core content area in secondary education.
- post-secondary education
- secondary education program
- public secondary education
Examples
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The proportion of students going directly from secondary to post-secondary education continues to grow.
Academic text (2008) -
Many students are looking forward to graduating from secondary education to pursue their college degrees.
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None of these women had secondary education, and all were married.
Academic text (2008) -
What we must recognize and face is that secondary education is gradually but surely becoming universal.
Academic text (2013) -
The large majority of students in both groups held a secondary education credential.
Academic text (2008) -
Music contests have been a part of secondary education almost from the beginning.
Academic text (1994) -
One of the most widely accepted objectives of modern secondary education is to improve the behavior of the learner.
Academic text (1995) -
However, for true student-centered teaching methodology, the changing secondary education in this country may hold the key for university professors.
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To apply for most universities, students must complete their secondary education successfully.
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The government is investing in programs to enhance secondary education and prepare students for the workforce.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A school for teenagers about 14 to 18 years old before college
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2.0
A school for students aged about 11 to 18 that comes after primary school and before college
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2.1
A school for older teens, usually in grades 9 to 12
How Advanced
8
4.8
106
3.0
7
3.0
15
1.0
94
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'education following primary school' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'secondary' (not primary; the next level) with 'education' (formal learning). This is a conventional, compositional label for an educational stage found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand it.
Etymology
Secondary education comes from seeing schooling as stages: secondary means the 'second' step after the first stage, and education is learning, so it is the next level of schooling. That's why it refers to the schools (for example high school) that come after primary school and prepare students for 'higher education' or work.