In this post, I will have a brief introduction of China's education system. It's not in detail, but I think you will have a outline of China's education.
Pre-School
Pre-school or kindergarten is suitable for children older than 3 years old. This is not free, parents who want their children to take pre-school, they have to pay tuition. Childre older than 6 years old usually go to primary school, the children in pre-school usually is 3 to 6 years old.
Primary School
In China, attending primary school and junior middle school is free of charge, it is called compulsory education. Free of charge means no tuition, but you have to pay textbooks and insurance, it's not expensive. Because of Project Hope, in some parts of China, especially in western China, parents don't need to pay anything, the government or charity organization will help them to pay.
In China, primary school last for 6 years, mainly focus on Chinese and Maths, they will have other courses, such as English, Geography, Science, Physic Education.
Junior Middle School
Junior middle school is a continuation of primary shcool, students study the same core subjects, but at a higher level. Junior middle school is free of charge to, like primart school, students have to pay textbooks and insurance.
After Junior middle shcool, there are two ways for students to choose, one way is senior middle school and the other is vocational school. Senior middle school is more popular, but students have to take an exam, students with enough marks are able to take senior middle school.
Senior Middle School
Senior middle school is a continuation of junior middle school, but at grader two, they have to choose science or humanities curricula. No matter what curricula students choose, they both will have Chinese, Mahts and English. After they finished senior middle school, they have to attend national college entrance exam.
Students have to pay tuition during senior middle school, it's not free of charge any more.
Tertiary Education
Different university have different pass marks at national college entrance exam, better universities always have higher pass marks. Generally speaking, better universities always have better education facilities and equipments.
Undergraduate usually last 4 years, but colleges often last 3 years. Students have to pay tuition for tertiary education, sometime it is expensive, some major like software engineering, students have to pay 15,000 RMB per academic year, but normally, it is about 5,000 to 7,000 RMB per academic year.
With this article, do you have a brief of China's education system?
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