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

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[โ€“] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I went to French immersion, so I also heard a lot of "primary" and "secondary" school. Never heard tertiary, only "post-secondary"

[โ€“] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I heard "tertiary education" from an international student. It made me wonder why we call it "post-secondary" when "tertiary" makes more sense.