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Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education. There are many different types of secondary school and the terminology used varies around the world. Children usually transfer to secondary school between the ages of 11 and 14, and finish between the ages of 16 and 18, though there is considerable variation from country to country. In North America the term high school is often used as a synonym for secondary school.

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The names used to describe the institutions used for secondary education vary from country to country. Sometimes the same terminology is used in different countries but with very different meanings.

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Institutions are structures and mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of two or more individuals. Institutions are identified with a social purpose and permanence, transcending individual human lives and intentions, and with the making and enforcing of
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Secondary education is the final stage of compulsory education, preceded by primary education and followed by higher education. It is characterised by transition from the typically compulsory, comprehensive primary education for minors to the optional, selective tertiary,
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Primary education is the first stage of compulsory education. It is preceded by pre-school or nursery education and is followed by secondary education. In North America this stage of education is usually known as elementary education.
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High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of secondary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of secondary education takes place.
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"Academy" in England can mean a type of secondary school which is independent but publicly funded and publicly run. As such, Academies are outside the control of the Local Authorities in which they are situated.
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In England, City Technology Colleges (CTCs) are independent schools which charge no fees as their recurrent costs are borne by the Department for Education and Skills and private business sponsors.
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A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education.
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collegiate institute is a general term that can refer a school of secondary or tertiary education.

In Canada, collegiate institute has a more specific meaning. In 1871 the province of Ontario set up two parallel secondary education systems.
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community school is a type of school, provided for out of public funds.

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A community school
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A comprehensive school is a secondary school that does not select children on the basis of academic attainment or aptitude. The term is commonly used in relation to the United Kingdom, particularly England and Wales, where comprehensive schools were introduced in the late 1960s to
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Comprehensive high schools constitute most public high schools in the United States. They are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different
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In Quebec province, Canada, the term école secondaire is used to designate the institution where secondary education is given. The école secondaire provides general education for pupils aged between 12 and 17. The levels go form grade 1 to grade 5.
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The Gran Teatre del Liceu (IPA: [ˈgɾan təˈatɾə dəɫ ɫiˈsɛw]), or simply Liceu (IPA:
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A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as "elementary").
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A gymnasium (pronounced with /g-/ in several languages) is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English Grammar Schools
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"Hauptschule" (German: general school) is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling. Any student who went to a German elementary school can go to a Hauptschule afterwards, whereas students who want to attend a Realschule or
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High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of secondary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of secondary education takes place.
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Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary/elementary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two.
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Högstadiet (roughly "higher stadium") is the Swedish term for the seventh to ninth grade of the school system. After högstadiet, there is no compulsory school attendance; however, most Swedish students go on to the gymnasium for three more years of studies.
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A vocational school, providing vocational education and also as referred to as a trade school or career college, and school is operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs.
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A vocational school, providing vocational education and also as referred to as a trade school or career college, and school is operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs.
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A vocational school, providing vocational education and also as referred to as a trade school or career college, and school is operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs.
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A vocational school, providing vocational education and also as referred to as a trade school or career college, and school is operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs.
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Sami or Saami is a general name for a group of Uralic languages spoken by the Sami people in parts of northern Finland, Norway, Sweden and extreme northwestern Russia, in Northern Europe. Sami is frequently (and erroneously) believed to be a single language.
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Lise

Gender feminine
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  • Lise Thériault
  • Lise Mayer
  • Lise Thibault
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An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the investment yield of an endowment.
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Middle school (also known as intermediate school or junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary/elementary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two.
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Lise

Gender feminine
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Lise Lise is a variant of Lisa:
  • Lise Meitner
  • Lise Thériault
  • Lise Mayer
  • Lise Thibault
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