| 单词 | higher school certificate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHigher School Certificate Higher School Certificate n. (also Higher Certificate) British Education (now historical) an examination instituted in 1917 and replaced in 1951 by the Advanced level General Certificate of Education, taken by pupils of about 18. ΚΠ 1915 Times 30 Nov. 5/3 For 1918 a new Higher School Certificate Examination is announced. 1918 Univ. Cambr. Local Exam. Syndicate Higher School Certificate Exam. List 6 (heading) Exemption from the Previous examination by means of the higher school certificate examination. 1945 Guide Educ. Syst. Eng. & Wales (Min. of Educ. Pamphlet No. 2) Gloss. 58 Higher School certificate (higher certificate), certificate awarded on results of the examination taken at about 18 by grammar school pupils. 1963 H. C. Barnard & J. A. Lauwerys Handbk. Brit. Educ. Terms 106 The Higher School Certificate examination, which came into operation in 1917 and was conducted by certain university boards, was taken by pupils in grammar schools at about the age of 18. It was primarily intended to be a test of a two-years sixth form course of a somewhat specialised nature. 2001 E. Edwards Women in Teacher Training Colleges, 1900–1960 i. 21 The Higher School Certificate was a qualification for university entrance. < as lemmas |
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