Intermediate Certificate

English Etymology intermediate + certificate Noun Intermediate Certificate en Ireland historical A certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school. en Australia historical A certificate awarded to students who successfully completed three years of high school. en 1982 Paul Radley My Blue-Checker Corker and Me Fontana/Collins Sydney 57 ‘I’m gonna get a job as soon as I get my Intermediate Certificate at High School.’ Usage notes In regular speech and writing the term Inter Cert is almost always preferred even in formal registers. Usage notes In Ireland, the Intermediate Certificate was completely abolished in place of the Junior Certificate in 1992. People who were in secondary school before 1992 may still refer to the Junior Certificate as the Intermediate Certificate. In Australia, the Intermediate Certificate was abolished in 1965. Synonyms Inter Cert Related terms en Leaving Certificate en Junior Certificate Translations certificate awarded to Irish students who passed the state examinations at the end of the third or fourth year of a voluntary secondary school or boarding school before 1992 Irish: ga Teastas Idirmheánach m en Education