edu 304 - comparative education - National Open University of Nigeria

aged 8-12 years or 9-13 years to enable the Local Authorities have a
better reorganization of the secondary schools.
3.3.7 Secondary Education
Secondary school in England maybe day or boarding school which
offers to each of its scholars, up to and beyond the age of 16, a general,
education, physical, mental and moral, given through a complete
graded course of instruction of wider scope and more advanced degree
than that in elementary schools.
About four types of secondary education can be identified in
England. They are:
(a) Secondary Modern Schools
(b) Secondary Grammar Schools
(c) Technical High School and
(d) Comprehensive School
(a) Secondary Modern Schools are designed for students who are
not academically inclined after their Primary Education.
Secondary Modern Schools cater for secondary education for
academically weak students up to the age of fifteen (15) years.
(b) Secondary Grammar Schools are designed for the students
who are academically inclined after their primary education.
These schools in addition to giving sound formal education to
the students, also serve as the Custodian of English Tradition.
(c) Technical High Schools are provided for students who have
an intension of working in the industry later in life. In other
words, these schools are established to cater for the needs of
commerce and industry. The products of this school are
admitted into the faculties of engineering for engineering
courses in the British Universities.
(d) Comprehensive Schools: These schools are established to cater
for children aged 11-18 years. The students in these schools
offer the same subjects up to their second year. At the end of
their third year, the students will be expected to choose three
subjects apart from English language and Mathematics which
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