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secondary education  

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  • The term secondary education clearly defines the place of this type of schooling in the education system. Secondary is the next step in education, after primary, intended to convey the next batch of knowledge to individuals who have been somehow prepared at the previous stage of schooling. [Source: Sociology of Education: An A-to-Z Guide; Secondary Education]

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