30. Minister to provide secondary education

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• national secondary school

  national secondary school

  Defined · s 2

  “national secondary school” means a government or government-aided secondary school— (a) providing a five-year course of secondary education appropriate for pupils who have just completed primary education; Education 21 (b) using the national language as the main medium of instruction; (c) in which the English language is a compulsory subject of instruction; (d) in which facilities for the teaching of— (i) the Chinese or Tamil language shall be made available if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; (ii) indigenous languages shall be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do and if the parents of at least fifteen pupils in the school so request; and (iii) Arabic, Japanese, German or French or any other foreign language may be made available if it is reasonable and practicable so to do; and (e) preparing pupils for such examinations as may be prescribed, and includes any such school providing a transition class;

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• secondary education

  secondary education

  Defined · s 2

  “secondary education” means education comprising lower secondary and upper secondary education;

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• upper secondary education

  upper secondary education

  Defined · s 2

  “upper secondary education” means education suitable to the abilities and aptitudes of a pupil who has completed lower secondary education;

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