Secondary Education - Names For Secondary Education By Country

Names For Secondary Education By Country

• Argentina: Secundaria or Polimodal, Escuela secundaria
• Australia: High School, Secondary college
• Austria: Gymnasium (Ober- & Unterstufe), Hauptschule, "Höhere Bundeslehranstalt (HBLA), Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (HTL)
• Azərbaycan: Orta Məktəb
• Bahamas, The: Junior High (grades 7-9), Senior High (grades 10-12)
• Belgium: middelbare school, secundair onderwijs, humaniora, école secondaire, humanités
• Bolivia: Educación Primaria Superior (grades 6-8) and Educación Secundaria, (grades 9-12)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: srednja škola (literally middle school), gimnazija (gymnasium)
• Brazil: Ensino Médio (officially), Colegial (informally), Segundo Grau (formerly);
• Bulgaria: Гимназия (gymnasium), Лицей (Lyceum)
• Chile: Enseñanza Media.
• Colombia: Bachillerato, Segunda Enseñanza(literally Second Learning)
• People's Republic of China (China): zhong xue (中学; literally, middle school), consisting of chu zhong (初中; literally beginning middle) from grades 7 to 9 and gao zhong (高中; literally high middle) from grades 10 to 12
• Canada: high school, secondary school, école secondaire, lycée, collegiate institute
• Croatia: srednja škola (literally middle school), gimnazija (gymnasium)
• Cyprus: Γυμνάσιο(gymnasium), Ενιαίο Λύκειο (Lyceum)
• Czech Republic: střední škola (literally middle school), gymnázium (gymnasium), střední odborné učiliště
• Denmark: gymnasium
• Estonia: Gymnasium, Lyceum
• Finland: lukio (Finn.) gymnasium (Swed.)
• France: collège (junior), lycée (senior)
• Germany: Gymnasium, Gesamtschule, Realschule, Hauptschule, Fachoberschule
• Greece: Γυμνάσιο (3 years)(gymnasium), Γενικό Λύκειο (3 years) (~1996,2006~present), Ενιαίο Λύκειο (3 years), (1997~2006) (Lyceum)
• Hong Kong: Secondary school(中學)
• Hungary: gimnázium (grammar school), középiskola (comprehensive school, lit. "middle-school"), szakközépiskola (vocational secondary school, lit. "specified middle-school")
• Iceland: Menntaskóli, Framhaldskóli.
• India: secondary school
• Indonesia: Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) (lit. "Upper Middle School"), Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) (lit. "First Middle School"), Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) (vocational school, lit. "Middle Vocational School"),
• Italy: scuola secondaria di primo grado (3 years) + scuola secondaria di secondo grado (5 years): Liceo and Istituto Tecnico.
• Japan: chūgakkō (中学校; literally middle school), kōtōgakkō (高等学校; literally high school), chūtōkyōikugakkō (中等教育学校; Secondary School) - In the pre-Meiji educational system, the equivalent was called "chūsei"
• Liechtenstein: gymnasium
• Lithuania: vidurinė mokykla (literally middle school), gimnazija (gymnasium)
• Malaysia: secondary school or sekolah menengah, sometimes high school is used
• Malta: skola sekondarja or secondary school
• Mexico: Educación secundaria y preparatoria
• Netherlands: middelbare school or voortgezet onderwijs
• New Zealand: high school, college or secondary school
• Norway: Videregående skole
• Paraguay: Educación Media
• Peru: Educación Secundaria or Escuela Secundaria
• Philippines: High School or Mataas na Paaralan
• Poland: gimnazjum (grades 7-9), liceum (grades 10-12)
• Portugal: 2º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (5th and 6th grades), 3º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (7th to 9th grades), and Ensino Secundário, Liceu (10th to 12th grades)
• Romania: gimnaziu (grades 5-8), liceu (grades 9-12)
• Russia: средняя школа (literally middle school)
• Serbia: gymnasium (4 years), professional schools (4 years), vocational schools (3 years)
• South Korea: jung hakkyo (중학교; literally middle school), and godeung hakkyo (고등학교; literally high-rank school)
• Spain: Educación secundaria, composed of two cycles: E.S.O. (Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, compulsory secondary education, 4 years, 7th to 10th grade) and Bachillerato (non-compulsory secondary education, 2 years, 11th and 12th grade); formerly, primary education comprised up to the 8th grade and the secondary education was composed of two non-compulsory cycles: B.U.P. (Bachillerato Unificado Polivalente, 3 years, 9th to 11th grade) and C.O.U. (Curso de Orientación Universitaria, 1 year, 12th grade)
• Sweden: gymnasium
• Switzerland: gymnasium, secondary school, collège or lycée
• Taiwan: Junior High School(國民中學), Senior High School(高級中學), Vocational High School(高級職業中學), Military School(軍校), and Complete High School(完全中學).
• Turkiye: Lise
• United Kingdom: Secondary School (May be referred to as High School)
• Ukraine: середня освіта (transliteration: serednya osvita)
• United States: high school (usually grades 9–12 but sometimes 10–12, it is also called senior high school) is always considered secondary education; junior high school or middle school (6–8, 7–8, 6–9, 7–9, or other variations) are sometimes considered secondary education.
• Uruguay: Liceo (3 years of compulsory education - Ciclo Básico -, and 3 years of specialization into: humanitites-(law or economics), sciences-(engineering or architecture) or biology-(medicine or agronomy) - Bachillerato diversificado-).