Question

Around 1880, a level of schooling past basic education, known as secondary school, was developed. Secondary school was primarily installed as a way to:

Answer 1

prepare students for college (APEX)

Answer 2

Around 1880, secondary school was primarily installed as a way to prepare students that were going to attend college. However, by 1910, secondary schools became central in the education system as they began to prepare most students for work instead of college. The result was a sharp increase in the number of secondary students who graduated to find jobs in the white-collar sector.