What country are you from and do you call it 1) elementary, junior high, high school 2) elementary, middle school, high school, 3) primary, ???, secondary? - eviltoast

Fyi: it’s called post secondary because, I think, UK calls it primary, secondary, and after that is post secondary.

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    9 months ago

    Slovakia.

    If I am to translate it word-to-word:
    Základná škola - Base school (so primary) (9 years) - split into 1st degree (1-4) and 2nd degree (5-9).
    Stredná škola - Middle school (2-5 years based on field of study, 4 and 5 year fields are with graduation)

    Get ready for a twist: Gymnasium (8 or 4 years) - 8 year gymnasium starts after 5th grade of primary school and 4 year after 9th grade. They also replace middle school. It’s not that popular since you basically won’t get any job without college with gymnasium. It’s really just a preparation for college (literally “high school” (Vysoká škola)) (though perhaps better than middle school).