post-matric, adjective and & noun
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more English prefix post- after + matric.
A. adjective Of or pertaining to a thirteenth year of schooling, offered (usually by a private school) as a preparation for tertiary education.
1987 Grocott’s Mail 13 Nov. 11A post-matric pupil at St. Andrew’s College..recently undertook an exciting rugby tour to Taiwan...He decided to broaden his education before proceeding to university, coming to St. Andrew’s for a post-matric year.
1994 Weekend Post 22 Oct. 11Post-matric students enjoy the opportunity of participating in conventional sports as well as a wide range of extra-mural and cultural activities.
B. noun
1. A thirteenth year of schooling, after matriculation.
1992 Weekend Post 22 Oct. 4The concept of a ‘post-matric’ — a 13th year of schooling for pupils who want to prepare themselves better at university — is likely to become commonplace in Natal’s ‘government’ in the next few years.
2. A student in the post-matriculation year of study; post-matriculant.
1994 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)How many post-matrics are we going to have next year?
Of or pertaining to a thirteenth year of schooling, offered (usually by a private school) as a preparation for tertiary education.
A thirteenth year of schooling, after matriculation.
A student in the post-matriculation year of study; post-matriculant.
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