"social promotion" meaning in All languages combined

See social promotion on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: social promotions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} social promotion (countable and uncountable, plural social promotions)
  1. The practice of promoting a student to the next grade only at the end of the current school year, regardless of when or whether they learned the necessary material, in order to keep them with their peers by age. Wikipedia link: social promotion Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-social_promotion-en-noun-hs-ywTqk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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