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School Definition & Meaning Many countries solve this by allowing different types of school, so parents and children have some choice. Choices may include home education, which is a controversial idea. Schools are organized spaces purposed for teaching and learning. The classrooms where teachers teach and students learn are of central importance. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary and secondary education. Kindergarten or pre-school provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be available after secondary school. As an adjective by mid-18c., "pertaining to or relating to a school or to education." The basic sense of the Greek word is "leisure," which passed to "otiose discussion" , then it came to be used for the place for such discussion. Boy scouts and girl scouts are great extracurricular activ