| China has adopted a nine-year
compulsory schooling system, which means all children are required to
attend school for at least nine years. Students have to complete both
the primary school program and the junior middle-school program. Higher
education is only for those students who have passed examinations of all
levels. Student must pass the entrance examination for senior middle
schools or middle-level technical schools. After two, three or four
years, they have to go through national college entrance examination for
admission to universities.
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Pre-school Education |
| Children aged from 3 to 6 will attend
kindergartens near their neighborhoods, where they learn the basics of
the native language and subjects. They play games, dance, sing and act.
Children are taught from the early year the values of Truth, Kindness
and Beauty.
Chinese take children education very seriously since they know that a
person's personality is mould in the early childhood. |
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Primary School Education |
| The primary school education requires six
years. Pupils are required to take a variety of subjects such as the
Chinese language, fundamental mathematics and moral education. They also
take part in sports and extra-curriculum activities. Foreign languages
such as English are optional courses in the senior year of the primary
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High School Education |
| High school education has two parts, 3-year
junior high school program and senior high school. From junior high
school, students begin to learn a variety of science subjects such as
chemistry, physics and biology and other subjects such as history,
geography, and foreign languages. Physical education is enthusiastically
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| Senior high school
education is a continuation of junior high school. Students take up
specific subjects in either science or humanity subjects. Many contests
are organized annually in all levels to encourage their study. The
"Olympic Series" are the most noticeable ones.
The purpose is for them in preparation for the national college
entrance examination. Examinations are designed separately for science
and arts students. |
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Higher Education |
| Higher education in China is to train
specialists for all the sectors of the country's development.
Universities, colleges and institutes offer four- or five-year
undergraduate programs as well as special two-or three-year programs.
Students who have completed a first degree may apply to enter graduate
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Admission |
| University admission is
operated on a centralized enrolment system, in which admissions
committees at the provincial level are under the Ministry of Education.
Admission is granted on the basis of academic, physical and moral
qualifications. Special allowances are made for minority nationality and
overseas Chinese candidates The nationwide examinations are held in
the first ten days of July. Candidate can take the examination in either
one of the two categories, humanities or sciences/engineering. They
apply for the institutions and departments they wish to enter in order
of preference. Enrolment is determined by the examination results. Brief
investigation into their social behavior and moral character is
conducted before students are admitted. In some faculties, specific
physical requirements must be met. |
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Living Accommodation |
| China currently provides free
university education. Students do not have to pay tuition fee and are
provided with free on-campus dormitories. Grants or subsidies will be
given to students whose families have financial difficulties. The
dormitory, which forms an important part of university life, is run by
the students themselves through the students' union under the China
Students' Federation, to which all enrolled students belong.
The education system is under reform. The number of paid students
increases dramatically in recent years. The trend may continue and the
government may eventually adopt a pay system instead. |
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Key to the Future Development |
| The focus of China's education
is to improve the country's intellectual outlook and bring about
competent students in all aspects of China's development. China's future
relies on the younger generation to take China into the new century. |
