School Certificate (School Cer¦tifi|cate)

noun

• a qualification achieved by taking public examinations of proficiency for secondary-school pupils. These examinations existed between 1917 and 1951 in England and Wales, and are current in New Zealand: a boy with a good School Certificate
• School Certificate examinations: [mass noun]: I had passed School Certificate I left after taking the School Certificate [as modifier]: just before her School Certificate examination