secondary school
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Origin of secondary school
First recorded in 1825–35
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"At night, I'd often hear a buzzing sound. I was in secondary school and didn't realise it then, but these were planes surveilling our neighbourhood," Ali tells the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Estonia is the first in a series of countries where OpenAI hopes to start rolling out its education product ChatGPT Edu to secondary school students.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Roughly one in 10 teenagers now attends a secondary school operated by AcadeMedia, which is listed on the Stockholm stock exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Eligible households would receive £100 for each primary school child and £150 for each secondary school child during the summer holiday in a lump sum per household.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
He talked often of how he could not go to university because he had to find a job to support his siblings, and how people he was cleverer than in secondary school now had doctorates.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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