opportunity class

English

Noun

opportunity class (plural opportunity classes)

  1. (Australia, education) A separate primary-school class for teaching gifted children.
  2. (historical, education) A separate class for teaching backward children.
    Synonym: opportunity room
    • 1944, United States. Congress. House, Hearings, volume 9, page 361:
      Opportunity classes. — These are classes for retarded overgrown pupils. Many of these children come to our city from rural areas where their education has been irregular.
    • 1969, Alberta. Dept. of Education, Annual Report of the Department of Education, page 78:
      Mildly retarded children, who are usually termed "educable mentally retarded" formed the largest group of handicapped children in Alberta. Most of them attended "Opportunity Classes".
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