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A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which accepts all students, regardless of aptitude.
The nearest equivalents of contemporary English grammar schools are selective schools. The New South Wales public education system operates 19 selective public schools which resemble the English grammar-school system insofar as they engage in academic selection by way of centralised examination, they do not charge tuition fees and they are ...
Sep 15, 2016 · None of the world’s major English-speaking countries such as the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have a national system of selecting children for entry to state-funded schools at around...
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Mar 28, 2017 · The NSW selective high schools system was founded between the 1880s and the 1910s. The schools were to offer students a meritocratic “ladder of opportunity”. That is, they would be open to ...
Jun 16, 2021 · Shutterstock. More stress, unclear gains: are selective schools really worth it? Published: June 16, 2021 4:06pm EDT. Thousands of primary and secondary students in Sydney and Melbourne are...
May 24, 2024 · The selective enrollment bill was specifically in response to a Board of Education resolution in the winter that called for moving away “from a model which emphasizes school choice to one that ...
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