How come this category is called primary and secondary education?
Question by Dakota Fanning Fan: How come this category is called primary and secondary education?
The majority of this world uses elementary education. Not all schools call themselves secondary schools. Others will call themselves a senior high school. And another will call themselves a high school. Is secondary school like the neutral term for all of the names? Is there a reference for this? Secondary school in my dictionary only means a school coming after elementary school, comprising grades 7,8 or 9 through 12. Senior high schools don’t come after an elementary school, so technically it’s not a secondary school. But many senior high schools still call themselves a secondary school when technically they aren’t one. Primary education is only used in the UK and some other countries so that means that the majority uses elementary education. I think that this category should be renamed to reflect the majority in this world.
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Answer by Gar
Where you get this opinion from. This is a very basic term and is used to simplify the 2 different terms of schools. While not everyone understands english as well as your American language but everyone knows what primary (first) and Secondary (second) means. I have never heard of the term elementary except when Sherlock Holmes uses it to talk to Dr Watson. ‘Elementary mydear Watson’ Now this term is certainly does not relate to Schools as well as Primary. Do you understand why it is done now.
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