monotechnicadj.n.

1900 Science 14 Sept. 399/1 The mono-technic and the trade schools of Germany have been held up as models for the world.

1901 Science 11 Jan. 69/1 Our monotechnic or trade schools are still to be founded.

1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. 170 Thousands of our youth of late have been diverted from secondary schools to the monotechnic or trade classes.

1967 Times Rev. Industry July 82/1 Monotechnic education, all the rage 20 years ago, is out.

1976 Christian Graduate 29 i. 19 It can be seen how the old monotechnic system is being assimilated into this variegated network of higher and further education institutions of the predominantly non-University sector.

1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Apr. (First Appointments Suppl.) p. xxvii/1 Although many of the colleges are no longer monotechnic, the loss of their teacher education function will be a major blow to their survival.

1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 15 Aug. 319/4 Some of these schools are in universities, some in schools of art, some in technical colleges and polytechnics, while one forms a monotechnic.

1967 Times Rev. Industry July 82/3 A comparatively small monotechnic cannot keep pace with all these developments.

1999 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 19 Mar. 6/5 The college differential is exacerbated..if the usually high-scoring monotechnics and specialist institutions are removed.