The document summarizes key aspects of China's education system. It describes that education is compulsory from ages 6 to 15, consisting of primary education from ages 6 to 10 and junior secondary education from ages 11 to 15. It then outlines the structure of higher education, including senior secondary school from ages 15 to 17, higher education from ages 18 to 22, and postgraduate programs. It also discusses important topics like the Gaokao exam for university entrance, teacher education programs, and financing of the education system through government appropriations.

1. THE CHINESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
Submitted by: Syed Ali Roshan
Roll no: 11053
MA. EPM. III Evening
Submitted to: Ma’am Shahista

2. CHINA
Full name: People's Republic of China
Region: East Asia.
Population: 1.375 billion
Capital: Beijing.
Area: 9,597,000 sq km.
Language: Mandarin
Currency: Yuan
President: Xi Jinping

3. SOME FACTS ABOUT EDUCATION IN
CHINA
•China’s literacy rate is 95.1%.
•Male literacy rate is 97.5%
•Female literacy rate is 92.7%.
•Criteria is that individual of age 15 can read and write.
•Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages
15-24 that can read, write and understand a simple
statement on their everyday life.
•9 years of education is free and compulsory in China.

4. AGE BREAKDOWN OF THE
EDUCATION SYSTEM
•Age 3-5 Pre-school or play group, kindergarten etc
•6-10 Primary education till 1 grade to five
•11-14 Elementary education till 6 grade to 8th grade
•15-16 Secondary education grade 9th &10th
•17-18 Higher secondary or intermediate grade 11th &
12
•18-22 (Or even more) Higher Education

5. BASIC EDUCATION
• Pre-school Education and
• Primary (6 years)
• Senior (3 years)
• Middle Schooling Junior (3 years)

6. PRE SCHOOL
• Age 3-5.
• This was a target of education reform in 1985.
• The students are mostly engaged in activities rather
than studying

7. PRIMARY EDUCATION
•Under the Law on Nine-Year Compulsory Education,
primary schools were to be tuition-free and reasonably
located for the convenience of children attending them
•Parents paid a small fee per term for books and other
expenses such as transportation, food, and heating.
•Under the education reform, students from poor families
received stipends, and state enterprises, institutions, and
other sectors of society were encouraged to establish their
own schools.
Compulsory subjects include: Moral Education, Chinese
Language, Mathematics, Social Studies, Natural Science,
Physical Education, Music, Arts, and Labor Services.

8. SENIOR EDUCATION
• Junior secondary - known as (junior) middle school
education, it consists the last three years of nine years
compulsory education.
• Senior secondary - refers to three years high school (or
called senior middle school) education, as from grade 10 to
grade 12.
Compulsory 13 Subjects: Politics, Chinese Language,
Mathematics, Foreign Language, History, Geography, Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, Physical Education, Music, Art, and
Household Skills.

9. MEDIUM-LEVEL OCCUPATIONAL AND
POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION
Composed of:
•medium-level professional schools,
•polytechnic schools,
•occupational middle schools,
•short term occupational and technical training
programs of various forms.

10. COMMON HIGHER EDUCATION
• Junior College or Senior Secondary– usually last 2-3
years
• Bachelor – this program last 4 years (medical and
some engineering and technical programs 5 years)
• Masters - 2~3 years
• Doctoral Degree Programs –3 years.

11. “GAOKAO” OR COLLEGE EDUCATION
ENTRANCE EXAM
• In China, applying to college is about one thing and
one thing only: the Gaokao (“The National Higher
Education Entrance Examination”)
• Determines whether a student will or will not go to
college
• Held at the end of the school year.
• Test Includes: Chinese language and literature,
Mathematics, A foreign language (often English)

12. ADULT EDUCATION OR LIFELONG
EDUCATION
• Schooling Education
• Anti-illiteracy education
• Other programs oriented to adult groups

13. TEACHER EDUCATION
• Teacher education in China is 100 years old.
• In 1896 the first teacher education institute, normal
school was founded in China.
• The school offered mathematics, chemistry and
physics. Besides, students also had to learn science
education, botany, mineralogy, geography and foreign
language.
• In the life of the institute total 71 students
graduated in total. In 1903 the school was closed.

14. TEACHER EDUCATION
• In 1949, after the independence the normal school
were started once again to meet the needs of the new
setup.
• That time there were two teacher education
institutions for educating secondary school teachers
during 1922-1937: Beijing Normal University, Beijing
Women’s Normal University.
• Afterward they adopted the system of teacher
education of Russia. Currently teacher education
provided by universities. Teacher education is come
under the provincial government.

15. CURRENT MODEL OF TEACHER
EDICATION
Under Graduate Model:
• “2+2” model: 1st-2nd academic Year: subject knowledge studying;
3rd-4th
academic Year: teaching skill training.
• “2.5+1.5” model: first 2.5 years: emphasizing on subject theory
learning
(including some teaching practice); last 1.5 years: focusing on
teaching
training, practical training is the key point.
• “3+1” model: 1st-3rd academic Year: subject knowledge and
education
theory studying; 4th academic Year: teaching

16. CURRENT MODEL OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
Postgraduate Level Model:
“4+2” model: 1st-4th academic Year: subject
knowledge studying (Bachelor of the subject); 5th-6th
academic Year: teaching skill training (Master of
education).
Professional Development:
360 days training in every five years career.

17. CURRENT SITUATION OF TEACHER
EDUCATION
• Teaching profession is respectable profession in
China.
• Annual Teachers day on 10th September
• 1993 Act: Teachers must be respected by the society
• This Law stated the teachers rights and
responsibilities.

18. PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
Ministry of Education (MOE) of the People's Republic of
China is the agency of the State Council of the People's
Republic of China that regulates all aspects of the
educational system in mainland China, including
compulsory basic education, vocational education, and
tertiary education.
• Centralized education system.
• Five years planning, currently working 13th five year
plan
• Currently MOE manages 32 educational organization

19. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
MOE
Bureau of Education
Provincial Education
Department
Local Education
Department
Institutes

20. FINANCING OF EDUCATION
• The education system in China is funded by a number of sources.
• Government appropriations are the major source of funding.
• Government appropriations are comprised of budgetary and non-budgetary
funds, of which budgetary funds are the main component.
• Budgetary funds, or public expenditure on education, include funds from both
the education sector and other sectors.
• Non-budgetary funds include taxes for education levied by local government,
educational funds from enterprises and other funds that belong to government
appropriations.
• Additional financial sources for education include tuition fees, donations and
fundraising.
• Other than government appropriation for education, private organizations and
individuals are the principal sources of funding for schools run by these
organizations or individuals.
China spent nearly 4.3 trillion Yuan ($675.3 billion) on education in 2017.
• an increase of 9.43 percent from 2016, according to preliminary statistics
released by the Ministry of Education

21. THANK YOU!!