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High school or secondary school is the name used for the last segment of compulsory secondary education in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Hong Kong, India, the Republic of Ireland, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is preceded by primary education.

In the non-English speaking world there exist the words, Hochschule, hogeschool, högskola, høgskole, højskole in German, Dutch/Flemish, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish respectively. All these literally translate to high school but they all refer to institutes of tertiary education. This is also the case for Oberschule/Gymnasium (German lit. upper school), escola secundária (Portuguese lit. secondary school)) and, between 1949-1994, högstadiet (Swedish lit. the high stage).

Australia

High school is a term used for secondary schools in Australia. In Victoria the name was officially changed to secondary college in the early 1990s, however some of the adult population refer to the period as \"high school\". In the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania high school is 7-10, and students go to matriculation college for 11-12.

In some states TAFE institutes/colleges offer high school equivalent courses, usually undertaken by adult students who left school without completing/undertaking Year 12 leaving certificate requirements. There are also private commercial education facilities offering Year 12 leaving certificate courses, often to students wishing to improve on their High School results in order to obtain entry to, or better placement opportunities at, university.

The exact length of secondary schooling varies from state to state, with high schools in New South Wales and Victoria serving years 7-12, and Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australia serving years 8-12. In 2007 Northern Territory is introducing a Middle School system for years 7-9 and high school will be years 10-12.

It is compulsory to attend school until the age of fifteen in all states and territories except for South Australia and Tasmania, where attendance is compulsory until age 16. In Western Australia the age has recently been raised to 16 and will be 17 from 2008.

The matter of compulsory attendance has been complicated by various initiatives at Commonwealth and State level to ensure that young people are in school, training or employment. There are calls to replace compulsory attendance age with compulsory achievement requirements, meaning that students must complete their final year level rather than being able to leave at reaching \"leaving age\". There are also calls to make attendance to the end of year 12 mandatory.

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