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Matura or its translated terms is a Latin name for the secondary school exit exam or "maturity diploma" in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Tenth grade or grade 10 is the tenth year of school post-kindergarten or the tenth year after the first introductory year upon entering compulsory schooling. In many parts of the world, the students are 15–16 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. The variants of 10th grade in various countries are described below.
Willowridge High School, is a public English medium co-educational high school located in Die Wilgers, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is one of most academic schools in Pretoria.
Bridge House School, commonly referred to as Bridge House, is situated in the Cape Winelands close to Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl, and is an independent day and boarding school for over eight hundred girls and boys from Playschool to Grade 12. Bridge House is a member of the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA), the International Round Square Organisation. The School motto is "Learning for Life".
Kloof High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Kloof, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
The National Senior Certificate or NSC is a high school diploma and graduate certificate of South Africa. This certificate is commonly known as the matriculation (matric) certificate, with grade 12 as the matriculation grade. The NSC, previously known as the Further Education and Training Certificate or FETC, replaced the Senior Certificate effectively in 2008, was phased in starting with grade 10 in 2006.
Hoërskool Strand is an Afrikaans high school located in Strand, South Africa. 1 089 students attend the school, mostly residents of Strand, although students from as far as Gordon's Bay, Somerset West, and even Grabouw attend the school. The school is the major provider of secondary education in the area and is headmastered by Mr Danie Malan, that took the lead from former headmaster Mr Christiaan Klopper. With the post-war growth of the Hottentots Holland district, in 1962 a second High School was opened, which mainly served the Strand.
Parel Vallei High School is a dual-medium co-ed high school located in Parel Vallei, a suburb of Somerset West, which is in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Westering High School is a co-ed high school in Westering, Port Elizabeth, South Africa catering for English-speaking students from grade 8 to 12.
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Stellenbosch High School is a co-educational Afrikaans state school in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. It was founded in 1978 as a business-oriented technical school, located in the center of town, but moved to the suburbs in the 1980s. It was reserved for white students during Apartheid, but was opened to all races in 1992.
Parktown High School for Girls is a high school nestled in the picturesque suburb of Parkview, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Pinelands High School is a public school situated in Forest Drive, Pinelands in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in July 1952 and the founding principal was Jack Kent. The school now enrolls approximately 980 students.
