Secondary college is the common name for government
secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
s in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, Australia. The term arose through the reorganisation of the state government's high schools and technical schools from the late 1980s to mid-1990s, where most government secondary schools were renamed "secondary college". Some schools (such as
Balwyn High School
Balwyn High School is a state-run high school (years 7–12) in the Melbourne suburb of North Balwyn, in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1954. As of February 2013, it had 1948 students, making it the fourth largest secondary school ...
and
Cobden Technical School Cobden may refer to:
People
* Richard Cobden, British manufacturer and politician
Places
;Australia
* Cobden, Victoria
** Cobden Football Club
;Canada
* Cobden, Ontario
;New Zealand
* Cobden, New Zealand
;United States
* Cobden, Illinois
* Cobden ...
) have retained their original names; others have changed their names from "secondary college" to "college" or, rarely, back to "high school".
References
Public high schools in Victoria (Australia)
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