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primary school

NOUN
elementary school
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Egeland said the NRC was forced to lay off "female aid workers and female teachers on the primary school level for girls because we don't have enough money".

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

It is the only country in the world where girls' education is banned after primary school.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Vincent was spurred to start the project after feeling "disgusted" at stories of malnutrition affecting primary school pupils in West Earlham, Norwich, with a headteacher reporting children with bowed legs.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The most recent government data shows that one in 10 children starting school in England is obese, but that figure rises to one in five by the time children leave primary school.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“Are you coming to do the primary school roof?”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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