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The Federal Republic of Nigeria (2004) National Policy on Education Section 5, No 20 contains the widely acceptable definition of Secondary Education. The policy defines secondary education as the education children receive after primary education and before the tertiary stage. The Broad goals of secondary education according to the document shall be to prepare the individual for useful living within the society; and higher education.

The Federal Republic of Nigeria saw education as one of the important tool or instrument for solving the social, political, economical and technological problems in the Nation. In the National Policy of Education of Federal Republic of Nigeria, Secondary Education was seen as one of the important agency for the actualization of the stipulated goals.

Ogbonoiya, (2003) presented the definitions of secondary education as the form of education which children receive automatically after they have received primary school education. It constitutes post primary education and sometimes serves as a link between primary and university education. It is suitable for children who have received primary education. Unlike pre-primary education, the National Policy on Education is not the first official document to give recognition to secondary education. Secondary education has been there from the colonial era.

Secondary, secondary education in Nigeria is a six – year programme, comprising of the junior secondary and senior secondary school. Each level is of three years duration. The curriculum of the senior secondary schools are comprehensive and diversified in nature. At junior secondary levels students are taught both academic and pre-vocational subjects.