EDUCATION IN CHINA

 a state-run system of public education

run by the Ministry of Education.

All citizens must attend school for

atleast nine years,known as the nine-
year compulsory education,which is
funded by the government.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION

 Six years of primary- starting at age six or seven

Three years of junior secondary education (junior

middle school-age 12 to 15
 some provinces may have five years of primary
school but four years for junior middle school
After junior middle
school,there are three
years of senior middle
school,which then
completes the secondary
education.
In the early 1980’s the government
allowed the establishment of the
first private institution of
higherlearning,increasing the
number of undergraduates and
people who hold doctoral degrees
fivehold from 1995 to 2005.
2003
 Central and local governments in China
supported 1552 institution of higher learning
(colleges and universities),725 professors and
11 millions students.
China has also become a top
destination for international
students.As of 2003,China is the
most popular country Asia for
international students,and ranks
third overall amomg countries.As of
2018,the country has the world’s
second highest number of top
universities.
Laws regulating the system of
education include:

Regulation on academic degrees

Compulsory Education law
Teachers law
Education law
Law on Vocational Education
Law on Higher Education
COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW
The Law on Nine-Year Compulsory
Education,which took effect on July
1, 1986,established requirements and
deadlines for attaining universal
education tailored to local
conditions and guaranteed school –
age children the right to receiveat
least nine years of education.
The 9 year System is called “ nine years-
One policy”.It usually refers to the
educational integration of the
elementary school and the middle
school.After graduating from the
elementary school, graduates can
directly enter into the junior middle
school. The grades in schools which
implement the 9-year System are usually
called Grade 1, Grade 2, and so on
through Grade 9.
Main features of 9-year System:

Continuity. Students finish education from the

elementary school to the middle school.
The principle of proximity. Students enter into the
nearby school instead of middle school entrance
examination.
Unity. Schools which carry out the 9-year System
practice unified management in school
administration, teaching and education.
Basic education

China's basic education involves pre-school,

nine-year compulsory
education from elementary to junior high
school, standard senior high school
education, special education for disabled
children, and education for illiterate people.
Preschool education

Preschool education, which began at age three, was

another target of education reform in 1985. Preschool
facilities were to be established in buildings made
available by public enterprises, production
teams, municipal authorities, local groups, and
families
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1. Many Chinese schools don’t have central heating,
so both teachers and students leave their
overcoats on in winter. Central heating is only
present in the north of the country. Buildings
in Central and Southern China were built for
a warm climate, which means that in winter, when
the temperature may fall below 32°F, the only
means of heating are air conditioners. School
uniforms are all alike: sports suits with broad pants
and a jacket. Their design is similar with the
exception of the colors and school emblems
on the chest. All school premises are confined
by large iron gates which are kept closed at all
times. They are only opened to let the
schoolchildren out.
2. Schools in China
practice warm-ups every
day (and not just once
a day) and do a general
lineup.
3. The big break, which is also the
lunch break, usually takes a whole
hour. Some elementary schools
also practice a ’nap time’
of several minutes after the lunch
break.
 4.Teachers are treated with great
respect. They are always called
by their last name with the
’Teacher’ prefix: for instance,
’Teacher Zhan’ or ’Teacher Xian’
or even just ’Teacher.’
5.Many schools take corporal
punishments for
granted. A teacher may slap
a student with his or her hand
or a ruler for some fault. The more
distant and simple the school is,
the more this kind of punishment
occurs.
6.There is an academic ranking poster hanging
in each classroom which gives an incentive to study
harder. The grades go from A to F, where A is the
highest grade equaling 90-100%, and F
is an unsatisfactory grade of 59%. Encouragement
of good behavior is an important part of education.
For example, a student receives a star of a certain
color or additional points for a correct answer
or model conduct, while talking during lessons and
misbehavior lead to a loss of stars and points.
Students’ ranking is updated daily and is visible
to everyone on a special chart on the blackboard —
an open competition.
7.Schools are divided into public and private
ones. The cost of studying at a private school
may reach $1,000 per month, but the level
of education there is much higher. Learning
a foreign language is an especially important
subject there. Two or three classes of English
a day, and students of elite schools already
speak the language freely in their fifth or sixth
year. However, Shanghai, for instance, has
a special state-funded program that allows
foreign teachers to work in ordinary public
schools.
8.The education system is based on verbatim
learning. Children just sit and learn lots
of material by heart, while teachers demand
automatic reproduction without really caring
about whether their students actually
understand what they say. However, there are
more and more alternative schools arising
today, based on the Montessori or Waldorf
methods, that are aimed at developing the
artistic abilities of kids. Of course, such schools
are private, and studying there is expensive
and accessible for very few people.
9.Children from poor families who don’t want
to study or are too naughty (as their parents
think) often get kicked out of ordinary
elementary schools and into kung
fu schools. They live there with full board, they
train hard from morning until night, and
if they’re lucky enough, they receive a basic
education — they have to be able to read and
write, which is not easy, knowing the Chinese
language system. Corporal punishments are
quite common at such institutions.